Can anyone tell me the pro's and con's of using a heat reflective roof coating for top of the van. Will this exercise give us relief from the summer sun. I read somewhere where this guy painted the van roof with protective paint and was happy with the heat relief generated.
We used it on a previous and found it very effective until we went to sell the van, the buyers wanted to know if the the van leaked because of what was on the roof
The Bear
Prior to going back to vanning we had a mobile home in Moama for 12 years and we painted it with thermoshield ,well the temp was lowered dramatically . Its not a good look ,however the temperature difference was excellent ! Cheers.
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Westy. Some people I know are like slinkies. They look really funny when you push them downstairs !
Keeps the temp down but if condensation runs down the glass from the roof it leaves milky
streaks that take a bit of cleaning off. This paint was applied 10 years ago & after a clean still looks good.
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Just read a research paper from research undertaken by Melbourne Uni in lat 90's they found that it can reduce summer temps in regular buildings by about 2-3 degrees, but have the same effect in winter too! In other words it not only keeps some of the heat out in summer but also helps to sap it out during winter.
The overall effect in energy consumption, ie less cooling required in summer against more heating required in winter gave a net effect of 0 (zero) effect on energy consumption.
The paint has the effect of reflection heat away in summer but helps to disperse it out from a warmed roof in cooler periods.
Interesting.
For the limited benefit in summer I'd save my money (and not cause people to doubt its waterproof integrity when selling).
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