Where can I buy egg crate??????????

[Vivweaver]

Can some one please tell me where to buy egg crate? And does it have another name? I went to Home Depot and they told me to go to Hobby Lobby. I went to Hobby Lobby, and they told me the didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks much!!!

[Ozymandias]

there called light diffusers or something like that usually in lighting.

[HewesHort]

look in the section at home depot where they store the shop lights and florescent tubes. it is sold as eggcrate louver or light diffuser. try to find some one at the customer service desk and have them look it up for you. its fairly difficult to locate, they usually have it tucked in an inconspicuous corner in the lighting section. it is generally on a different aisle than the fancy lighting fixtures.

[beckdg]

yes, usually hidden on an endcap at the very back of the store 1 or 2 isles over from other lighting... if noone knows what you are talking about (very common) hover around the back of the store looking at the very ends of the isles within 2 or so isles of lighting... i confused about 8 employees at home depot in less than 10 minutes and then found it myself

[froggsong]

Asking for light diffuser should help, as they generally have an isle full of different types. Be aware that Home Depot stocks two different brands of the white eggcrate, and one is smaller than the other but around 50 cents more expensive. IME, it is located on the isle with the fluorescent tubes, fixtures, and the shop lights. If they still don't know what you are talking about when you say "light diffuser" just tell them it is the panels that you put under a flourescent light to keep the glare down, maybe they'll know what you are talking about then.

Hobby Lobby would be very unlikely to carry it, lol. I bet we're pretty much the only hobby that uses it (I'm sure I'm wrong though, lol). Heck, I'm waiting for one of the stores in the mall to close again so I can go pick through the dumpster to get all the peices they were using for their lights.

[beckdg]

that's a great idea. i bet you get some looks though... imagine what people are thinking when you get all excited and jump out of a dumpster with a big ole grin and like 8 egg crates... i can only imagine... they must think you're crazy... heck i get some good looks when i come out of the woods at my local marina and fill my trunk with rocks.

[froggsong]

lol, I bet! I think it would be fun. I could put on some weird outfit and make my hair look all crazy and put war paint on my face. Oh, wow, that would be soooo much fun!!!

I know... I'm a dork...