I am currently having trouble hiding light that leaks out of my closet. I have tried a weather stripping with little luck. Just wondering if there is a secret out there that i am no aware of.. Thanks
where my cupboard door opens I have overlapped it with black/white, so when the door is closed no light can get out/in. also, if your not doing stealth, 3-4 layers of duct tape will do the job nicely maybe you can use the duct tape on the inside so it will be un-noticable
Too late! We all know now. I'm gonna flood the market with cheap imported overlapping, and put an end to your sordid little secrets.
LOL! Ahh, but that's only half the secret. HAH! No way in hell are we gonna tell you that the WHOLE secret is "Black Overlapping". Doh! -mu
Overlaping with a black material, thus absorbing the escaping light if any I'm guessin thats what hes saying
Precicely! That's how those dinky film developer cannister's work (the ones that one the design award), light can't make it around all the black overlaps, and you can process film in daylight. -mu
(Raises hand, bounces in seat) Ooh! Please Sir! Me Sir! Me Sir! Is it what's left covering your plant after you've applied Mr. SpanishFlys stinky pesticide?
Good point, toastybiz! Oh, and I mean "won" a design award. Although the original design dates back to the thirties, or thereabouts. Pretty clever. It was the best example of the black overlapping principle that I could think of. Rabiez, Spanishfly uses pesticides? I'm sure they are lovely organic-based substances. Probably Neem. Yum. -mu
Oh -mu, you're a naughty one. 'Tis a fine brew, and doth banish ye spider mites from thine grow with vigour. Verily, it also doth stinketh, and maketh thine plant slimy. Give us a link for this film canister anyway. You'll be expecting us to exhibit independent thought and googling abilities next!
Piece of cake! I'll go one better and track down an image of the inside of one, so you can see how it works... -mu ps. http://www.submin.com/general/manuals/paterson/paterson.htm
how would i apply this technique to closet cracks? I cant have ne thing notcible on the outside, but its free game on the inside... NE IDEAS?
Erm, what about overlapping some black material? There isn't a smilie for banging your head off the desk, sadly. -mu
You have the patience of a saint. Which raises an interesting question... Say, for example, one had a closet or cupboard which wasn't lightproof, and one wanted to grow ones own weed inside said closet, how could one go about stopping light escaping from the cracks?
*sigh* Well, you start by taping over the two hinge edges while the doors are open. Use thick gaffa tape, two or three layers. The top and bottoms are taped inside the cupboard, overhanging the edges by an inch or two. Use double sided sticky-tape and coat the uncovered areas with black plastic, rubber, thick fabric, etc. For the centre, if you have a frame (pillar, where the doors meet), apply a thick black strip (double-sided+black material, as above) to that, overhanging the edges by an inch or so, same as the top and bottoms. Do the same for the doors (only the back one can have over-hanging material, the other can have a strip along the back of its edge coated with the black material, though), so that when they close you have one or two 180 degree turns and one 90 degree turn for the light to travel around, which it won't. I don't have a closet grow, I came up with all this just now using independant thought. But it would work. See attached sketch. Even if your closet has very different fittingss, this sort of technique can be applied to almost any edge. -mu
LMAO. Sorry -mu m8, I was taking the piss. (As I'm fairly sure you're aware). Nice explanation though, I'm sure it'll come in useful in future.