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02-06-23, 08:29 AM

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Black pool cage screening

Replacing some pool cage panels blown out by hurricane Ian.
My screens look black to me. They don't look to be any shade of grey.
But I can't find plain (not pet resistant or some such specialty) 18X14 fiberglass screening that is sold as "black". It all seems to be gray or charcoal.

I've looked on Amazon, Home Depot, and Lowes for Phifer or Docuscreen or other manufactures and it is driving me nuts. COULD IT BE THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE CHARCOAL AND IT'S VERY DARK?

I went to Home Depot to see what they had and they were all out of cage screening. Not surprising. Lots of peops around here want it. The guys at Home Depot are pretty clueless about this stuff. I need 150 ft of 60" (or bigger).

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02-06-23, 10:58 AM

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I think the only screen I've seen that was actually black was the specialty privacy stuff. What I use is "Charcoal".

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