This is the aluminet shade cloth we supply as finished panels rather than as a cut length, and on a greenhouse that is the difference between a job that finishes on installation day and one that waits on a workshop: the edges are bound, the grommets are set and the rope comes in the pack, so a panel goes straight onto a frame. The cloth itself is the reflective grade, so it turns radiant heat back off the cover while it shades, and the panels are made to the dimensions you give us.
A cut length of shade cloth has to be edged, eyeletted and cut to size before it can go on a frame, and on a greenhouse that is usually the part of the job that slips. These are the aluminet panels we supply finished: edges bound, grommets set, rope in the pack, cut to the dimensions you give us.
Finished panels suit work where the openings are known and repeated: a greenhouse roof run, a shed wall, a car tarp frame, a row of garden bays. Rather than ordering cloth and then finding someone to edge it, the panel arrives at the size asked for and goes onto the frame the same day, and where several openings are the same size they can all come off one order as identical panels. The cloth is the reflective grade, so the same panel that shades is also turning radiant heat back off the cover.
The panels go over a greenhouse roof, across a garden bay, on a car tarp frame and over a shed or storage area, and the size is customised rather than taken from a stock list. Households setting trays under the same cloth often pair it with a planting bag, and the wider shade net range covers the plain knitted grades where reflectivity is not needed.
| Model | AL99001 |
| Material | HDPE with an aluminised reflective face |
| Form | Finished panel, cut to your dimensions |
| Edges | Heavy bound edge with metal grommets |
| Colour | Silver and beige, customised on request |
| Function | Shading and reflecting radiant heat |
| Supplied With | Rope for tying off |
| Packing | PP woven bag, customised on request |
The edge is the part of a panel that takes the wind, so these are bound in a heavy tape rather than left as a cut or a light hem, and the grommets sit in that binding instead of being punched through the cloth. That is what lets a panel be pulled taut on a frame and re-tensioned later without opening up at the corners, and it is why the panel can be taken down at the end of a season and put back the next one. A knitted monofilament net covers the standard shading job where a plain knit is enough.
Panel size, shading percentage, colour and grommet spacing are all made to order, so the first detail to confirm is the opening you are covering and where the fixing points sit. Panels ship in PP woven bags with the rope packed alongside. Buyers tracking how reflective shade cloth performs can follow trade coverage such as HortiDaily and FreshPlaza for what is being installed.
Do the panels arrive ready to hang?
Yes. The edges are bound, the grommets are set and the rope is in the pack, so a panel goes onto the frame as it arrives.
Can several identical panels be ordered?
Yes. Where the openings repeat, the panels are cut to the same size off one order.
Is the panel available in other colours?
Silver and beige are the standard finishes, and other colours are made to order. Tell us how it will be used.
Tell us the opening you are covering and where the fixing points sit, and we will confirm the panel and the packing that suit your order.
Mark Wu, Co-founder & Technical Director, Sichuan Zhifang Net Industry. 15 years manufacturing agricultural nettings for growers in 32 countries.
