I made one of these for myself. Using one of those portable closets from Lowes or Walmart.
Here's what you'll need.
1. The Closet.
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2. Black & White Poly
3. Rivet Gun and Rivets. (unless your good with needle and nylon thread)
4. Plank of wood 60"L x 20"W
5. Tape Measurer
6. Basic tools that every grower should have. (Flat head, Hammer, Something to cut with, Saw, Duct Tape)
Everything can seriously be put together using a razor blade or scissors, Nylon Thread + larger gauge needle, Duct Tape, Flat Head + Hammer. And a few bowls.
First. Put the closet together. It consists of putting together the top portion, then the bottom and aligning the bars up to match. You won't be using the pieces of cardboard for the top. It's not needed. The closet will come with the outside fabric cover as well. This is esseintial.
Second. Take the closet's orginal liner and measure out your poly to line the insides with (YOU'D WANT TO MEASURE ABOUT 4 INCHES EXTRA FOR EACH PIECE). You'll end up with 2 pieces the same size for the front and back (60"L 63,5"H) 2 pieces for the sides (63.5"H 20"W) and 1 piece for the top (60"L 20"W). Make sure to add an addition 4" to each measurements. This way you can overlap the edges to create a seal.
Third. Take a break, It'll take you a while to get everything lined up.
Once the closet liner gets its extra layer of poly, It's time to place it on the closet, Have a friend help you fit it over the top of the closet. From the outside, It looks like a regular portable closet, but the inside - being lined with poly, will keep the light from leaking trough or out.
Now for the Plank of wood. Measure out where the bars sit on the base of the closet and create notches on the Plank. If you don't have a saw. The flathead and hammer will do fine.
once you have the notches made, place the Plank right ontop of the base. You can put velcro on the edge of the plank of wood so you can seal light from the lower bottom. Make sure to put the poly in a way where you can still use the zippers!
The bars used for hanging clothes on will have more then enough strength to hold a reflector + light. even two
There you have it, pretty much your own closet grow. Cost of poly would be less then $10, The closet itself is $30. I used rivets + washers ($5) instead of Needle and Nylon Thread.
So my total was roughly 50$. With an addition of the Stanley fan modded to blower ($50) which will create a good negative pressure from the inside.
I will snap some pictures soon, All i have is my camera phone so I will apologize in advance for cruddy pictures, Will take better ones once i get my hands on a camera.
here's 2 i just snapped just for an idea. I messed up on my zippers so... I made a new front out of poly. Excuse the mess. its not complete yet.
Here's what you'll need.
1. The Closet.
hXXp://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=90137-40955-MP-0321&lpage=none
2. Black & White Poly
3. Rivet Gun and Rivets. (unless your good with needle and nylon thread)
4. Plank of wood 60"L x 20"W
5. Tape Measurer
6. Basic tools that every grower should have. (Flat head, Hammer, Something to cut with, Saw, Duct Tape)
Everything can seriously be put together using a razor blade or scissors, Nylon Thread + larger gauge needle, Duct Tape, Flat Head + Hammer. And a few bowls.
First. Put the closet together. It consists of putting together the top portion, then the bottom and aligning the bars up to match. You won't be using the pieces of cardboard for the top. It's not needed. The closet will come with the outside fabric cover as well. This is esseintial.
Second. Take the closet's orginal liner and measure out your poly to line the insides with (YOU'D WANT TO MEASURE ABOUT 4 INCHES EXTRA FOR EACH PIECE). You'll end up with 2 pieces the same size for the front and back (60"L 63,5"H) 2 pieces for the sides (63.5"H 20"W) and 1 piece for the top (60"L 20"W). Make sure to add an addition 4" to each measurements. This way you can overlap the edges to create a seal.
Third. Take a break, It'll take you a while to get everything lined up.
Once the closet liner gets its extra layer of poly, It's time to place it on the closet, Have a friend help you fit it over the top of the closet. From the outside, It looks like a regular portable closet, but the inside - being lined with poly, will keep the light from leaking trough or out.
Now for the Plank of wood. Measure out where the bars sit on the base of the closet and create notches on the Plank. If you don't have a saw. The flathead and hammer will do fine.
once you have the notches made, place the Plank right ontop of the base. You can put velcro on the edge of the plank of wood so you can seal light from the lower bottom. Make sure to put the poly in a way where you can still use the zippers!The bars used for hanging clothes on will have more then enough strength to hold a reflector + light. even two
There you have it, pretty much your own closet grow. Cost of poly would be less then $10, The closet itself is $30. I used rivets + washers ($5) instead of Needle and Nylon Thread.
So my total was roughly 50$. With an addition of the Stanley fan modded to blower ($50) which will create a good negative pressure from the inside.
I will snap some pictures soon, All i have is my camera phone so I will apologize in advance for cruddy pictures, Will take better ones once i get my hands on a camera.
here's 2 i just snapped just for an idea. I messed up on my zippers so... I made a new front out of poly. Excuse the mess. its not complete yet.
