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Subject:Re: Seeking "Ice Guard"
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:20:00 -0700

Yes. This is Southern California. We get no ice or snow. They don't
stock that stuff down here. Make about as much sense using up shelf
space to stock surfboards in Indiana.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
Carlsbad, CA
KG6RCR

On 6/16/2005 10:04 AM Tom Miller wrote:

>Have you checked with Lowe's or Home Depot?
>TEMiller
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:39 PM
>Subject: Seeking "Ice Guard"
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>>"Ice Guard" is a flexible sticky-back insulating roofing material with
>>foil on one side.  Several folks have suggested using it as an
>>inexpensive sound-damping material. Good for inside door panels and such.
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>>The stuff is primarily designed for cold climates with high snow and ice
>>accumulations. That would not be here where temperatures seldom drop
>>below 45F, and snow is only the stuff of movies and Christmas cards.
>>Which is why none of the roofing supply houses carry it. My minimum
>>order from them would be a roll that would cover 100 square feet. Their
>>minimum order would be a truckload, just to get that one roll. They are
>>not enthusiastic.
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>>If anyone online has e-z access to this stuff, and would not mind
>>shipping some to me, I would be happy to pay for it. I reckon that I
>>would not use more than 20 square feet.
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>>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>Carlsbad, CA
>>KG6RCR
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