The best way to determine how well your grow room walls reflect light would be to purchase a light meter and measure your light directly.
Best paint for grow room walls.
Diamond mylar 90 95 light reflectivity.
Here below we discuss the three best options you have when it comes to using reflective material in your grow room.
The main choices are a coat of white paint or an adhesive sheeted material.
One of the most quality light reelecting paints is ultra matte chalked paint by rust oleum and it makes the perfect alternative for a reflective material.
If you have existing walls that are currently in place that you want to keep you have several options depending on the type of wall.
One important choice growers must make is what they put on their walls to positively impact light reflectivity.
Would high gloss be better than flat for reflectance without messing with the light spectrum of hid lamps.
Just for some background the room is a new 6 20 flower room going to be running three sk 400 on a light rail down the middle of the room.
Behr premium plus paint has everything you d expect from a premium paint like stain and uv resistance.
The walls of your grow area.
Your plants will get more light if they are in a contained space with reflective walls compared to plants sitting in the middle of an open room even if the walls of the room are reflective.
It is low voc and resists the growth of mildew so it s suitable for laundry rooms.
You would think so but.
How to make your grow room reflective.
However if you are looking to grow in any other room preparing the walls are vitally important.
Paint can sometimes be the easiest choice from a logistics perspective.
If it s a steel building or corrugated steel building wall it would be best to put a new wall in front of it.
In process of setting up a 4 x 7 x 7 tall grow room and lookin for advice on paint.
Then take an opaque board and hold it a few inches off one of your walls with the light meter below the board in such a fashion that the light reflects off the wall and onto the light meter.
A good quality grow tent has already the right correct reflective material on the inside.
By chance is there any specialized paint used for horticultural purposes.
This is because the amount of usable light a wall can reflect to a plant diminishes as the wall gets further away.
Cannabis grow room enclosure walls.