Price Check on 100M roll of Aluminet Shade Cloth

[Fapington]

Hey Folks,

Was hoping someone could help me out with confirming the price of aluminet shade cloth.

100M length 2M wide, 17,000 baht.

Does this seem like a somewhat accurate price?

Just trying to make sure I'm not getting ass raped on this one.

Ryan

[RedBullHorn]

Top range plastic shade cloth is as good, cost not more than ฿3'000, 100m x 2m too... why Aluminet ?

[rice555]

Hello All, if you want prices foe aluminet, in the first 12pgs of Home Ag Magazine has adds

for 2 of the largest makers of ag nettings and films, call and ask the prices? "They don't

answer @'s very good", call! At ACK, the aluminet they were using was much heavier than

in the pic.

rice555

PS found corrugated Lexan, will post later.

[Fapington]

RedBull Horn:

Aluminet, containing aluminum, would catch and dissipate light energy without having to block as much sun. I'm only interested in a 40-50% shade.

Thanks Rice555, TCT is the one quoting me 17K per 100M roll. I'm not arguing that is not a valid cost, just asking if anyone else did any pricing, and got a different answer.

Edited May 5, 2014 by Fapington

[JungleBiker]

RedBull Horn:

Aluminet, containing aluminum, would catch and dissipate light energy without having to block as much sun. I'm only interested in a 40-50% shade.

Thanks Rice555, TCT is the one quoting me 17K per 100M roll. I'm not arguing that is not a valid cost, just asking if anyone else did any pricing, and got a different answer.

I've bought regular black shade netting and rolls of other kinds of agricultural plastics from TCT but never aluminet so I can't help you other than to say I trust them not to quote inflated "farang prices". I guess that stuff may be expensive because it could be imported from Israel or somewhere like that and so incur a lot of import duty, unlike the regular black shading that is made in Thailand. I think the import duties on plastic products are very high.

JB

[Fapington]

Thanks JB. I'm just going to grab a roll of it and test if out. Your input is appreciated.

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[cdmtdm]

yes tct also quoted me the same price its imported thats why ... not sure if its worth it really ... better to use 80 % shadecloth like a blind , roll it back when u dont need it and out when u do ....

[Fapington]

Thanks for confirmation cdmtdm. I have a larger project in the works in which I would very much like to drop the overall greenhouse temperature, without shading so much. As of now, my roofs will be higher than it would be practical to roll the net "on" and "off" like a blind.

[rice555]

Thanks for confirmation cdmtdm. I have a larger project in the works in which I would very much like to drop the overall greenhouse temperature, without shading so much. As of now, my roofs will be higher than it would be practical to roll the net "on" and "off" like a blind.

Hello All, if your going to the store, thescott said that they have a lot of bits

and bobs that you don't find on their www or mag adds.

If it doesn't do what you want it for, you can always make-- see pic.

rice555

[Fapington]

Hey Rice555,

Who has lots of bits? Which website/company are you referring too? I want to know! I may be in need of some aluminet chain mail armor.

[rice555]

Hello All, that was from the Google Aluminet Picture page.

AN is is casual dress at Burning Man Festival.

Also ran across this, if it's good quality AN, if you put it

inside it lasts for 5years, if outside on the house, 4 years.

rice555

This guy is in CA

"I recently installed a product called Aluminet, a knitted aluminum coated shade fabric. Shading in a greenhouse is more effective if you can put the shade fabric on the outside of the structure, but in this windy climate this is impossible. Aluminet is more expensive than traditional shade fabric, but it has other attributes that make it worth the expense. It is feather light, and can be suspended by clips from the frame of the greenhouse. Because is is metallic and shiny, it reflects the light. I bought 40% shade fabric, and was worried about it reducing the light intensity, especially on our frequent foggy days. It doesn't seem to do that at all, in spite of the 40% rating. Another bonus is that the fabric itself doesn't heat up, unlike black plastic shade cloth, and you can place it directly on top of the pots, as I have done, on some seedling pots that are going dormant. The bulbs, at this stage, are tiny and are in the top one or two inches of potting mix, so they can desiccate if they get too hot. In their natural environment they would probably be shielded by drying grasses or adjacent vegetation.

The temperature reduction so far is about 15F on sunny days. I have not shielded the side walls, and intend to do that to reduce the temperature more."

[cloghead]

This company has factories/outlets in Taiwan/Thailand with many products. Contact them and see what their price is:

www.viewpointtw.com

Edited May 6, 2014 by cloghead