Best way to seal a door with panda plastic?

[Iron_Lion]

Im looking to seal an interior door way with panda plastic to light proof my closet. There's a wood door there akready but light creeps out the bottom and around the side.

I have a 10x10 sheet of panda plastic and was wondering if I'd be better off with a roll up curtain or pull and staple the plastic tight to the door frame and cut in a tarp zipper?

 

[messn'n'gommin']

Im looking to seal an interior door way with panda plastic to light proof my closet. There's a wood door there akready but light creeps out the bottom and around the side.

I have a 10x10 sheet of panda plastic and was wondering if I'd be better off with a roll up curtain or pull and staple the plastic tight to the door frame and cut in a tarp zipper?

Don't have any experience with Panda, but I have read several posts where those who have used it say it works well.

However, (and this is just my ) another technique that I learned from...

"The Mills Pride Club," by Sumo
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=21879

...is to use silicon caulk for a light-proof seal.


Like yours, the space at the bottom of my closet door forced me to add a 2 x 4 to complete the circuit around the threshold. Just use a light coating of vaseline to the door facing and edges before you apply the caulk to the door frame and close the door for about 3 days. The caulking manufacturer said to let it cure for 24 hours, I recommend a minimum of 2 days. The door may warp some with the light on, so you might want to check for light leaks afterwards and add caulking where needed.

Like I said, the Panda film should work well for you either way, but I have no experience with it, this is just an option for you to consider.

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[GeorgeSmiley]

Tarp zipper is shit...... installed it then scrapped it. I ended up using velcro but that wasn't ideal either. In my cab, a roll up door, was the easiest to work with.....

 

[ehonda187]

I have my panda stapled down and use a tarp zipper. I found, using the tarp zipper, you have to make a flap as the the zipper seam is not light proof. Not a big deal and it makes it look nice and tidy.

 

[Iron_Lion]

I have my panda stapled down and use a tarp zipper. I found, using the tarp zipper, you have to make a flap as the the zipper seam is not light proof. Not a big deal and it makes it look nice and tidy.

Is it easy to get in and out with the zipper? What do you cut like a 4 inch strip and tape it behind the zipper?

 

[cannaboy]

I found that foam stapeled or just 3" of plastic all around the door secures the light.

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

tarp zippers is what i always used velcro might work better. light kinda shines through the zipper part but ive never had anything hermie from it... used them for years...

they are in one piece divided by three stickers.... left right and middle.... pull the backing off stick to panda... after its totally up you inzip it and use a razor blade to slice it down the middle... pretty simple... i use two and zip up so i can hang my "door" so its out of my way...

 

[Iluvtomatoes]

use black gorilla tape or duct tape and fold it over upon itself leaving a 1/3rd sticky with the other 2/3rds making a non sticky flap. Use these around the bottom and edges of the door frame and floor. for the floor to seal the air gap. make a flap on the backside of the door and tape it there and/or tape a piece of foam on the floor to block the gap.

 

[junior_grower]

they seal foam gasket tape, place it on the door stop will seal it 100%. for the floor go get a floor sweep, put it on the bottom and its sealed. The make products cheap that do excactly what your after no need to jerryrig something.

 

[ambertrich]

I have my panda stapled down and use a tarp zipper. I found, using the tarp zipper, you have to make a flap as the the zipper seam is not light proof. Not a big deal and it makes it look nice and tidy.

There is a light proof tarp zipper avaiable for $5.95 on ebay that does a nice job. It is a heavier duty unit than the ones that allow light in.

I have a set of double doors that lead into my grow area, and I used black poly to cover the entrance and then offset the placement of the zipper so that is is not right behind the gap where the two doors meet-thus less issue as the light falls on the black poly not the zipper.

Works well for me, YMMV

 

[milehighmedical]

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[Sleepy]

i use magnets...

tape a sheet of magnet to the inside flap, and tape another to the exterior flap...all the way from top to bottom if you like. no noise and no tearing.

http://www.bicwarehouse.com/magnetic-register-and-vent-cover-460613.html

 

[Nicoli]

Velcro strips available at home de pot.

That's the word on the streets.

 

[PhilCuisine]

this is how i lite..

this is how i lite..

proof the doorway to my grow room....just think 90 degrees.. i run a 1K in a small room without any exhaust and i wanted to keep the door open when the lite is on or off....it works for me even when its bright outside of the growroom b/c of the sunlite....Hope this helps.



left pix is inside growroom ... right pix is outside of growroom...no tarp zipper or velcro..

Ps, gots the idea from when i was in photography class back in high school.

 

[SweetIndica2]

I am trying to seperate my 15' x 10' x 8' Room into two parts, one for flowering and one for mothers/clones. I got a 100' x 10' Roll of 6mil Poly Film which seems to be very heavy duty, i'm glad i went with the 6mil. Anyways, i am planning on using spray adhesive or elmer's glue mixed with water to line the floors and walls with it. To seperate the room i got a Tarp Zip-Up instant door. It seems heavy duty and lightproof but i'll have to test it before i make that claim. It says to use a piece of Poly film to seperate the room and then put on the zipper and cut a slit in the poly film where the zipper opens. This should be light proof enough right?

My Mothers/Clones will be getting light from a T5 system while my flower plants are "sleeping", so i need to make sure that they can be in darkness while the mothers and clones are getting light all while being in the same room. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Sparky 6]

There is a light proof tarp zipper avaiable for $5.95 on ebay that does a nice job. It is a heavier duty unit than the ones that allow light in.

Can you link the one you're talking about? Thanks.

 

[Joe Hemp]

Quick light seal

Quick light seal

If there's negative air pressure in the room (there should be) then just duct tape strips of panda plastic to the door, over the seams and at the bottom of the door. The suction will pull the plastic tight. Presto. No light leaks. This is assuming that it doesn't matter that there is panda plastic duct tapped to the outside of the door. Alternately, you can use thinweather stripping around the door frame or attach thin strips of wood to the frame and attach weather stripping to that. For the bottom you can use those cloth things that have two foam dowels in each sleeve that you put under you door to keep out drafts.