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