While I Have My Light Taken Apart.............

[nmcturner]

As long as I am taking my light apart to install a new ballast I wuld like to do something to better reflect the light. Right now it is just white plastic, but I have heard that white paint (gloss? flat? semi?) is the best thing to use as opposed to tinfoil. Any suggestions?

Thanks
-Nick

 

[ulster exile]

You could use mylar sheeting (obtainable from most hydroponics stores) to stick up as a reflective backing - because it's a sheet, you can fit it in the awkward corners a pre-fabricated reflectors can't fit.

AFAIK white gloss would be better than tinfoil especially because tinfoil diffuses light instead of reflecting it.