All you guys that need blackout curtains either live at high latitudes
where there's not much nighttime this time of year, or are a lot younger
than me and are capable of sleeping in in the morning. Mrs Squirrel can
sleep in regardless of conditions, pretty much. Me, I am up at 5:30 -
6:30 with great regularity.*

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* In both senses of the word.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 7/31/2007 3:44 PM Jeffrey Vickers wrote:

> If you want a cheap sun block and insulator you can make an entire
> set for about $25 if you make window "covers" with silver "bubble-
> wrap" from Home Desperate. Just cut the stuff out to the shape of
> each window and find some suction cups that have a "push pin" style
> back to them. Attach a suction cup at each corner and yer done. The
> bubble stuff is 100% opaque, reflects light and radiant heat, is
> cheap and replaceable and stores flat in the upper bunk. I use mine
> with my curtains drawn so I don't have to look at the shiny stuff all
> the time and it works well as an insulator and light block.
>
> Jeff / 87 Subie Syncro Westy
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2007, at 3:11 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>> As for curtains, someone posted pictures of their van where they had
>> replaced the curtains and added a fabric that's often used for oven
>> mitts
>> and ironing boards that reflects radiant heat and insulates. I
>> think it's
>> called Insul-Bright and is available at some quilting stores and
>> online. I'm
>> planning on using it to do just this as it's time to replace those
>> old worn
>> curtains in my van too. My only worry is this stuff will be too
>> thick with
>> an added piece of fabric (for appearance) to store open properly.
>