Mylar

hey i was wondering where would be the best place for mylar and what it's traditional use was?? i went to home depot and ace and neither one carried it. any help woud be appreciated

your local hydroshop will have it..just check the listings..if you go to homedepot..its in the painting department..but keep inmind its really expensive there..they way over price it..1mm should be fine if you are putting it up against a wall of some sort

sorry should have said your can order it online as well..can find it pretty cheap at htgsupply

I think at Home Depot you want to ask for visqueen and that should put you in the area of the plastic rolls and you should be able to find the poly that is white on one side and black on the other, haven't tried yet as I just figured out the name today. It won't be mylar it will be the white poly plastic.

panda film works great...

LAX Skunky BwS said:

panda film works great...

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But if you ask for panda film at home depot will they know what you are talking about ?

mylar is pretty expensive, and has a short lifespan. if you want to buy something once, get astro-foil. this shit lasts forever! you can clean it and it is very easy to work with. it's something you can get at most home despots!

Sunleaves makes a product called Black & White Poly (AKA PandaSeal< PandaFilm) 90% reflection and reduces algae growth. Comes in 6mil and very affordable, easy to work with.....

Silky Shagsalot said:

mylar is pretty expensive, and has a short lifespan. if you want to buy something once, get astro-foil. this shit lasts forever! you can clean it and it is very easy to work with. it's something you can get at most home despots!

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Where is it located in the store ?

Grow or Hydro store should have it....I get sick, I go to a "Doctor", I am building a shed, I go to HomeDepot, I build a grow room, I go to the Grow/Hydro store

emergency blankets are made of mylar. you can find it in the camping section at walmart

and mylar isnt expensive. a 5' x 25' roll is less then a gram of weed

[reflective] Mylar(n): Overpriced aluminum foil.



Doesn't really matter what side of the Al foil you use, though I use the shiny side for specular intensity. If your aluminized Mylar is actually thick enough to surpass regular Al foil, it also surpasses it in IR reflectivity(hot spots), which can fry your plants.

Specular and diffuse reflections are completely separate, but reflectance includes both of them. And depending on how reflectance is measured.. greatly affects the outcome. I was reading this study today about trademarked diffuse reflectors, and how Al foil, Mylar, even copier paper compare.

Copier papier had the greater peak. Next was Al foil. At the bottom, nearly half of Al foil, was Al Mylar. The scientists admitted that the test was heavily in favor of diffuse reflectors, and even a mirror would fare extremely poorly. Extremely diffuse reflectance is also called Lambertian reflectance, after Johann Heinrich Lambert, who developed the formulas to measure and predict this phenomenon.

I personally think aluminum foils/sheet offers the best of both types of reflection, it's approximately 50/50 diffuse/specular.

I don't. think so buddy!
Mylar reflects about 20% more then aluminum foil

You can get mylar from survival blankets in a first aid kits.

Yeah

Peace

la9 said:

Where is it located in the store ?

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in home depot it's back by the lumber. i always find it in the last row, up against the wall, covered in dust, LOL. i've used mylar, emergency blankets, they work, but don't last. aluminum foil is a big waste. it can create hot spots on your plants..

i heard that the glossy metallic wrapping paper (like what you wrap presents with at christmas)
is a thin grade mylar,
it obviously has 2 be the one with silver on the back,

Silky Shagsalot said:

in home depot it's back by the lumber. i always find it in the last row, up against the wall, covered in dust, LOL. i've used mylar, emergency blankets, they work, but don't last. aluminum foil is a big waste. it can create hot spots on your plants..

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Thanks, I'm gonna give it a try !!!!

tin foil is a joke if u ask me, unlessl your trying to make a crack paste, and if thats the case u should at pasteitup.crackey

When I want fresh chips(fries, to you Europeans), I'll keep them in a mylar bag.

Mylar is an inferior diffuse reflector compared to Al foil, but is a superior specular reflector.

It's a give/take. Essentially they're the same, since they're both aluminum.

And only if you get thick aluminized Mylar. Otherwise, Mylar itself, in the most basic form, is a semi-transparent plastic. And a lot of light can just go right through a thin aluminum coating.

Regardless, Mylar was never intended for hot applications, and takes heat quite poorly... with the crinkling up, and the melting, and the possible self-combustion. No thanks.