My father-in-law has an MCI bus converted to motorhome, and he painted the
top white for the same reason - apparently many in the bus crowd do this, as
the aluminum (or stainless) just gets too hot.

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> mmm I see.
>
> I'm not going to bring up the added wrinkle of the silver being more
> thermally conductive...ie transferring more heat to your hand because
> I guess that also works both ways, transferring heat to fibreglass :)
>
> alistair
>
> On 17-May-10, at 5:46 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
>
>  RE: Pop Top Color and Reflective Paint
> Question: If I paint the top of my pop top white or silver will it be
> cooler in the Sun? I discussed this with an auto body/paint shop one
> time.  He had me walk out to the parking lot by the shop where there
> was a car painted white and one painted in silver metallic sitting in
> the Sun.  He had me put my hand first on one, then the other.  The
> white car was comfortable to the touch, the silver very hot, almost
> to hot to keep your hand on.  So that answered the question.  If you
> want to reflect the heat of the Sun from your top, using conventional
> auto paints, go with the white. There may well be some special silver
> paint out there that is more reflective but from what is readily
> available the white is better.
> BTW, still haven't had that done but still on 'the list'.
>

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Shawn Wright