Mylar

[apburner]

Where can I purchase Mylar. I have several rockets that need to have streamers made for them and if I could just purchase some Mylar on a roll that would be perfect .

 

[dave carver]

eBay for a Space Blanket, usually under $3 shipped.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Survival-S...529?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item484b330a79

 

[WillMarchant]

Go to amazon.com and do a search for "dura-lar .002" and see if that's what you want...

 

[kjohnson]

Go to a party store and by the Mylar party streamers. They normally are 5" by 5' and about a buck.

kj

 

[majordude]

Go to a party store and by the Mylar party streamers. They normally are 5" by 5' and about a buck.

That stuff is pretty thick... like 2+ mil, right?

 

[kjohnson]

No- more like 1 mil. Much more flappy than 2 mil streamers I've ordered from rocketry suppliers. Holds a crease well without having to bake them, too.

kj

 

[fulldec]

+1 for kj's recommendation, what you would be looking for are the Happy Birthday Banners. They are thicker than space blankets and better for streamers, IMO.

Don

 

[Handeman]

I bought a "rescue blanket" in the camping section at walmart. I will highly suggest using a hot knife i.e. soldering iron to cut it. If you use a scissors be very careful, any nick in the edge is a tear point where it can fail easily. If you melt it apart with the hot cutter, it won't have any edge defaults.

 

[kjohnson]

Most space blankets are in the .5 mil ballpark.

kj

 

[Rocket86]

erockets has nice mylar for chutes and streamers.

 

[Gary Byrum]

Go to Lowe's and get you a roll of the unprinted Barricade Tape or safety tape. It's 1"- 3" wide about 100 miles long ( jk ) and it's very much the same or about the same stuff Estes uses in it's kits. Can't remember paying more that 5-6 bucks for it and you'll prolly never use it all up in a life time.

 

[Nathan]

I just ordered this yesterday to make streamers for the 29mm minimum diameter that I'm building. Cheap, and free shipping too.

https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Mylar-Blankets-84-Pack/dp/B004356WLY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1378325300&sr=8-2&keywords=mylar+blanket

 

[ep29030]

I use the Mylar Happy Birthday banners at Walmart. They are 4 inches wide.