Hey guys over the last few weeks I’ve been building 2 new rooms. The flower room is 18×17 and the veg room is 8×18. I’m going to paint the walls and ceiling with flat white but my question is what color should the floor be. Some people say dark floors but you look at a grow tent and the floor is reflective. What do you guys think? Does it even really matter or should I also go with flat white on the floor. Thanks guys.
Arctic Herbs (love the name),
I’ve been mulling this over in my mind as well. When I expand my grow, i’m gonna have to rip a bunch of carpet out of the space. I thought about just painting the floor with a white concrete sealant to reflect any wasted light back up to the lower portions of my plants. I don’t think I’d paint any part of my room dark though.
~UnderShade
When I expand in about 12-18 months we will be epoxy a shiney white for the floors. Easy to keep clean and reflective. I used to use the panda plastic (polyurethane) white side up but stopped recently.
I would recommend more of s semi gloss than a flat for your paint too. I think the reflective material on the walls help you from losing light that is reflected away from the canopy.
White is the new Mylar.