Love the Partridge Family airstream! So much cooler than a Bluebird bus!
You know, the concern about heat attraction is a consideration, but there is an answer: only use day-glo colors (plus how cool would it be to have black lights mounted to the bottom)!!!
I don't know what size my air is now, but it can cool down the interior in no time, and its been close to 100 this summer. It sits out in the hot sun all the time because I don't have a garage for it. I usually turn the air on about 30 minutes before I need to go inside to work and its "cool as a cucumber". The PO installed a new air a few years before I purchased it and they seldom used it.
gee, thats cool(no pun intended)....but what is the relative humdidity in your area?
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I think that the plain aluminum finish will reflect more heat than the white surface will. I mentioned in a thread about painting the top of an AS white that my guess would be that if the white was cooler it would be because the coating itself added some insulation value that resisted heat transfer by conducion through the aluminum. All brands of reflective insulation that I am aware of are made from highly reflective aluminum - not white material.
You might try one more panel in your test. Take a plain aluminum one and paint the bottom side with elasta seal or some other similar rubbery coating. Maybe try the under coating that you recommend for use in the wheel wells. I am betting that combination would beat the other three hands down. I want to know too because I have all my inner skins off and have been giving some thought to coating the inside of the body before I seal it up again. I have thought that it would help cut down on condensation. Of course it would also help seal up the seams.
Love the Partridge Family airstream! So much cooler than a Bluebird bus!
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Originally Posted by coriolis1
Brad,
That Partridge Family look definitely helps. Much better than what I originally photographed!
Thanks guys!
Phew, I'm glad you like it Coriolis. I was worried it might not be your style... especially once you stepped outside to see that I didn't make that photo on the computer -- I actually painted your trailer!
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