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Date:         Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:24:24 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: how to cool a poptop?
Comments: To: PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <fBw31q01608X5Fr01Bw5o2>
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Josh Fancher can do it for you (google him) or you can do it yourself.

---- PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I was just wondering if there was a way to *insulate the roof* of the pop > top, either from the outside or the inside. > Patti > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Turn the air conditioning underneath it on. > > Stacy > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jun 11, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel < > > camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > > > > Chrome it. > > > > > > -- > > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > > > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > > > Bend, Ore. > > > > > >> On 06/11/2015 11:02 AM, PB wrote: > > >> The "paint guy," where I took my Westy for an estimate, seemed to think > > >> that a white poptop would not make a difference during hot weather. > > Where > > >> I live it can go up to 110 degrees or more, but there are usually only > > >> about 20 or less of these days per year, and usually spread out in > > August > > >> and September. If it's 108 degrees outside, I can't see how a white > > rooftop > > >> could reduce the inside temp by more than 2 or 3 degrees, which would > > still > > >> result in a sizzling 105 degrees. > > >> > > >> I'm wondering if there's any feasible or "creative" way to install > > >> Reflectix or any other type of insulation *inside* the poptop, or would > > >> there happen to be some kind of "paint on" insulation for the > > exterior... > > >> > > >> Patti > > >> 90 Westy Automatic > > >> North Hollywood, CA > > >> > > >> *♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪* > > >> If it's not on my Smart Phone, it doesn't exist... > > >> ●▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬♥▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬● > > >> > > > > > > -- > > *♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪* > If it's not on my Smart Phone, it doesn't exist... > ●▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬♥▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬●

-- David McNeely


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