Foilastic can be found at roofing supply companies anywhere. I paid $40 for a 50' roll 9" wide. Don't be tempted to get a wider roll. You'll just end up cutting it up to get it into the tight spaces. jeff On Aug 30, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:05:18 -0700 > From: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: thermal insulation > > being an architect I am not too big of a fan of bubble insulation. > yes it > works, but I would be very surprised if it comes anywhere close to > closed > cell polyethylene foam. try leaving your closed cell camping pad at > home and > sleep outdoors on bubble wrap------- brrrrrrrrrrrrbrrrr. > but this thinking led me to the solution of the problem for me. > camping pads > are closed cell polyethylene, and you can get them on amazon in > 72"x20"x.4" > for $6.50, free shipping. choice of blue or black. this stuff is > identical > to european rv insulation like reimo sells. > > so what i am doing now is a base layer of fatmat and then two > layers of > camping pad on top. need to find an adhesive though. the only other > thing i > want to check out is that foilastic stuff. seems to me the same as > fatmat > basically. anyone found a source? > > flo |
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