Date:         Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:07:06 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon insulation - the modern solution
Comments: To: BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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thanks for that, you the penulmtimate vanagon smarty pants!

:)

ab

On 7-Feb-06, at 10:04 AM, BenT Syncro wrote:

On 2/7/06, Alistair Bell <albell@uvic.ca> wrote:
>
> Ok  all you smarty pants Vanagon owners, you've seen it used by NASA,
> and now its your turn.
>
> Just drop a few k on some aerogel samples now being sold by United
> Nuclear. Go on, line the walls with stuff, it has a nice high R factor,
> fireproof and weighs only 3 times as much as air.
>
>
> Take a look: http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm
>
>
> :)


OK, so these guys sweep up NASA's floors when they shatter a few of
these
Aerogel tiles. Next thing you know they are selling them for $30 a
broken
sliver?

Since it is so absorbent, it would not be suitable for Vanagon use as it
will be full of moisture in no time. On top of that, any collision in
the
insulated panel will destroy the insulation not to mention scatter
slivers
of Aerogel all over the van. On a positive note, you would have a lot
of $30
slivers to market on the Internet.

BenT