Rolling Stoned's Rubbermaid Grow

Fman

Also paint is very cheap. Bright white, matte finish celing paint is about 12 bucks for a gallon. That will paint a lot of totes, more than 12 bucks worth of mylar.

Rolling Stoned

I agree with all three of you. I think it's too late for this grow, but I may try that for the next. Here is the only issue I have with the white paint: Underneath everything is a layer of tin-foil which I later covered over with the emergency blanket for greater reflection. With the tinfoil, emergency blanket and silver tape, the grow box doesn't glow. In other words, no light can be seen from the outside. These rubbermaid tubs I bought consist of an extremely thin layer of molded plastic. I'd bet my bottom dollar that white paint would not stop the "shine-through" affect. This being a stealth project, shine-through is an important issue. Any thoughts on this?

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jangel

One thing all you tough guy handy men have failed to mention, especially on that surface, is that you HAVE to prime it. You should get a hi adhesion primer and cover the inside of that sucker with that first. THEN paint it. Otherwise it will be a real mess. And you can get a pint of primer and a pint of paint. That shouldn't be anymore than 20 bucks for both. Leave all the other stuff underneath and it will not glow, but the white flat paint will give you the best finish.

Peace

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Ron

If you are worried about stealth I would do it this way. Combine the techniques that angel talked about with your own. You will need one extra Rubbermaid container.

So from outside 2 inside u will have Rubbermaid + tinfoil + Rubbermaid + primer / paint.

1. Flip the Rubbermaid upside down and cover it with tinfoil.
2. Place the other Rubbermaid over top of this one to make a tinfoil sandwich Rubbermaid + tinfoil + Rubbermaid.
3. Prime and paint the inside of the rubbermaid as per jangle's instructions, *note the primeing warnings*
4. Done

I suspect once you follow jangel's directions you will not need the tin foil. Hmm, Do you need the tinfoil jangel?

cheers,
R

PS. If I were to put tinfoil onto the Rubbermaid I would try contact cement, sprayed on both sides (Rubbermaid and tinfoil). The downside is when the contact cement sides stick they are a bugger to move ... apply very carefully.

Fman

jangle- Thats cause all tough guys know that using primer just goes without saying. lol lol

jangel

AND NO FREAKIN' TINFOIL! LOL!

sorry guys, not having a good time of it right now. A member of my family is in the last stages of prostate cancer. It is very hard to deal with so if I am a bit of a grump, bear with me.

Love you all, but don't use tinfoil please, unless you are roasting something....like me.

Peace

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Cloning a Flowering Plant My Little Grow Blueberry

Ron

Its all good, we all have "days" jangel.
sorry to hear about your family member.
I typically take my tinfoil and wrap it around my 2nd favorite herb - Garlic

peace,
R

jangel

Thank you for the kindness, Ron. I appreciate it. and by the way, garlic is a member of the onion family. LOL! Never mind, just being a smart ass.

Peace.

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Rolling Stoned

Thanks guys and gals... Very Helpful advice. It's really too late to tear apart my present grow box and paint it, but I will definitely do so for my next grow. If I can find some Mylar, I may add that to the insides however. Thanks for all your help. I'll keep this journal updated so ya'll can coach me along. I need all the help I can get...

Rolling Stoned

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008 – 10:00pm, temperature 80° , humidity 46%. Trashed a midget sprout to make room for an elevated platform. Rearranged all the plants and elevated them to an inch below the bulbs. Took comparison pics. Repositioned the temp/humid gauge to above the internal fan. Will monitor the temperatures and vigor of the plants closely…

12:00pm – temperature 90° , humidity 46%, TOO HOT. Added cardboard vent to shoot the air upward. Moved the temp/hum gauge to a cup below. Monitoring closely…

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 – 9:00am, temperature 91° , humidity 46%. Watered all plants. They were in 91° Temps all night long but they seem fine. Before watering I sprayed all plants and soil with Worm-Poo. Took comparison photos. Will do another photo comparison at 11:00am
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 – 3:00pm, temperature 91° , humidity 46%. Added 2 passive intake vents –
removed the inner patrician to allow the lower passive intake to work.
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 – 7:00am, temperature 89° , humidity 31%. Moved around bins, now 87.3°

11:30pm – Lowered the plants to about 3 inches of the lights, worm-pooed them and watered them, temp now 79° , humidity 44%.

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008 – 4:00pm, temperature 81° , humidity 34%. (Two or three of the plants have yellow leaves with some red spots. The three plants that are in the in the long cylinders all look dark green and very healthy. One (the biggest) is even emitting a strong sensimillia smell. All the other plants (17) are a very bright green and not dark green like the three plants in the cylinders. I trimmed all the bottom leaves that have turned yellow. See Pictures Below:



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