Mix Green Paint for floor?

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vostok said:


best to be 18 yo here...good luck
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OH.. I'm sorry I'm still waiting for you to answer one of my question.....and just because you're more knowledgeable in cannabis.. at this moment.

but coming from a girl who did absolutely nothing but state a question. That you didn't even understand. your vain attempt to look cool caused you to moronically answer. You didn't even understand a simple question from a novice grower, who needs to do more studying..how many years you got under your belt? 18?

Knowledge is crap with ignorance as the guide..knowledge is wasted, so you're claim to 18 years???
Junk..it doesn't even matter. you got 18 years!! Who cares? and shouldn't you be on a forum with people who have 18 years or shouldn't they have experience levels on here?? experience one two three four five six ??little stages for you? so that way you can be saved from us..help me, I'm so weak..smh.

I'm here all day if you ever want to try and answers one of the other questions and if you need me to break it down. send me a private message so no one in here will think you are weak.
 
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My two cents, grow tents have the same reflective material on the floor that's on the sides and top. So I'd say it's safe to do the same with a grow room, either with paint or mylar. It's not like you couldn't cover it if by some chance you do end up with light burn. Course if you're getting light burn from a reflection, then what's under the light would probably be a tad crispy... So yea, paint it or leave it as is. Don't see a need to mix in other pigments.

Never tried vinegar for mold, but then I make sure to keep my air fresh, temps and humidity out of the mold production zone.
Hope that helps.
 
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dgthumb said:
My two cents, grow tents have the same reflective material on the floor that's on the sides and top. So I'd say it's safe to do the same with a grow room, either with paint or mylar. It's not like you couldn't cover it if by some chance you do end up with light burn. Course if you're getting light burn from a reflection, then what's under the light would probably be a tad crispy... So yea, paint it or leave it as is. Don't see a need to mix in other pigments.

Never tried vinegar for mold, but then I make sure to keep my air fresh, temps and humidity out of the mold production zone.
Hope that helps.
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yeah it does thank you..cuz I believe the reflective for mylar is 95% in a matte finish it's pretty close but it's definitely less...and I'm starting with a semi gloss and was planning on adding a little bit of LED or CFL in the near future..

Thank you again
 
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Okay I lied I found a little bit more on you.first off you assumed I was a novice. You didn't even understand my question..or even the context of my question. and pretty sure this section is about grow rooms not for beginners.

So, someone who assumes and doesn't listen????? Hmmmmm.. Uh huh...ok. thank you so very much I had fun doing this if you would like to reply I will definitely enjoy you trying to match wits with me it'll never happen.

you have grown longer than me I bet ..I don't know. however you sir or lady whatever, would not be one I would ever want to associated with or have pass knowledge down to me. You just pass unfounded statements that questioning stuff is ignorance. when in all truth you didn't even understand the question. You poor boy or girl. Who hurt you so bad?
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I'm good with you sticking up for yourself, but I do want to point out that @vostok is Russian and English is not his first language. It was a common enough phrase in Russian poorly translated into English that set you off - understandably enough - and has led to hurt feelings.

He meant to say that copycats aren't respected (because they're just blindly aping without first gaining the underlying knowhow). He assumed that because you were asking for confirmation of a questionable piece of advice that you're a noob, so the communications failures went both ways.

Y'all are both good people, I would hate to see you get off on the wrong foot just because the English language sucks, lol

By the way, I paint or put reflective material on every surface of my growing space, other than the lights themselves.
 
ttystikk

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yeah it does thank you..cuz I believe the reflective for mylar is 95% in a matte finish it's pretty close but it's definitely less...and I'm starting with a semi gloss and was planning on adding a little bit of LED or CFL in the near future..

Thank you again
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Having played with both for many years, I'd suggest the matte or gloss white. A hard bounce (one you can see yourself in) is really only useful if the light source moves a lot.
 
WattSaver

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Flat white is the best. Not a gloss. The flat or matte will more evenly distribute the light, like a wide angle lens compared to a telephoto. If you look at the reflector in any hi quality light hood you'll see that the metal is not flat highly polished, it's got a hammered brushed look to it with many facets.

My real concern is growing directly on a concrete floor. I don't know what climate zone you're in but if it's not in a lower latitude and you're in a basement or garage then the slab will be much cooler than ambient temp. The roots will be affected if too cold. My room is on a garage slab in a mountain area and I have a pallet between my buckets and the slab. A lesson I learned many yrs back.
 
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WattSaver said:
Flat white is the best. Not a gloss. The flat or matte will more evenly distribute the light, like a wide angle lens compared to a telephoto. If you look at the reflector in any hi quality light hood you'll see that the metal is not flat highly polished, it's got a hammered brushed look to it with many facets.

My real concern is growing directly on a concrete floor. I don't know what climate zone you're in but if it's not in a lower latitude and you're in a basement or garage then the slab will be much cooler than ambient temp. The roots will be affected if too cold. My room is on a garage slab in a mountain area and I have a pallet between my buckets and the slab. A lesson I learned many yrs back.
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I think even a wooden board would insulate the buckets from the cold concrete floor.
 
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ttystikk said:
I'm good with you sticking up for yourself, but I do want to point out that @vostok is Russian and English is not his first language. It was a common enough phrase in Russian poorly translated into English that set you off - understandably enough - and has led to hurt feelings.

He meant to say that copycats aren't respected (because they're just blindly aping without first gaining the underlying knowhow). He assumed that because you were asking for confirmation of a questionable piece of advice that you're a noob, so the communications failures went both ways.

Y'all are both good people, I would hate to see you get off on the wrong foot just because the English language sucks, lol

By the way, I paint or put reflective material on every surface of my growing space, other than the lights themselves.
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I am not mad, trust me. I suppose it could have been miscommunication ...perception is in the eye of the beholder.

he was very polite when he made the statement I don't think he's meaning hostility. I just think that before someone answers a question they should understand and if they don't understand be humble enough to apologize..

but that's me I have no ill-will towards him.

Peace
 
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WattSaver said:
Flat white is the best. Not a gloss. The flat or matte will more evenly distribute the light, like a wide angle lens compared to a telephoto. If you look at the reflector in any hi quality light hood you'll see that the metal is not flat highly polished, it's got a hammered brushed look to it with many facets.

My real concern is growing directly on a concrete floor. I don't know what climate zone you're in but if it's not in a lower latitude and you're in a basement or garage then the slab will be much cooler than ambient temp. The roots will be affected if too cold. My room is on a garage slab in a mountain area and I have a pallet between my buckets and the slab. A lesson I learned many yrs back.
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you know I have racks are ready for the area that's going to be covered an interesting point about the inside of the hoods, nice correlation.

yeah I'm doing a semi gloss my first round ..because that's what I have :) and then when there's positive funds or a few gallons of matte falls in my lap then I will re do
 
Diabolical666

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If you keep you environment on the dry side you wont have issues with mold. Having high humidity is not a good idea in indoors we are not trying to mock a tropical environment...we are trying to control an environment which they will gladly adapt to..
 
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Diabolical666 said:
If you keep you environment on the dry side you wont have issues with mold. Having high humidity is not a good idea in indoors we are not trying to mock a tropical environment...we are trying to control an environment which they will gladly adapt to..
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I was looking into a rebuilt a.c. / dehumidifier..from factory pure..its a Whynter...its specs are flattering.
 
Skunk Baxter

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Please don't yell at me, but I would suggest skipping the vinegar and using a flat white paint that is formulated to be mold-resistant. Several companies make such paints; Kilz is one of them. I believe most mold-resistant paints are also formulated to be water-resistant, which is important for a floor because that's where liquids wind up when you spill them.

To be honest, I don't know if anyone knows one way or the other whether vinegar mixed into the paint really works. One thing I do know, though, is that spraying vinegar onto a surface and letting it dry does inhibit mold growth, so you might want to give that a go. It's the acetic acid in vinegar that kills mold, and I have a gut feeling that by the time you dilute the vinegar into the paint, and then let the paint harden and "lock up" the vinegar, it would be almost neutralized as an effective mold killer.
 
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Aww diamonddav..I'll go all. Nuatural!!!

Skunkbax..I allready had painted, no green, but I did the vinegar mix..I also have diluted spray 28th vinegar and l one diluted with bleach.. Room looks great. I Just want to use every precaution..I do not want to have an issue when the place offs packed
 
Skunk Baxter

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I hear you. One of my core principles is, "do it right, and you only have to do it once." I always overprepare, because then I have more of a buffer built in when something goes wrong that I didn't prepare for - and you know that's going to happen at some point in every run. There's no such thing as being too prepared.

Welcome to the boards. Just please don't kill Vostok; I like him. Every time he types "moose and squirrel," I fall over laughing.
 
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