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Subject:Re: how to cool a poptop?
From:PB
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:55:08 -0700

I was just wondering if there was a way to *insulate the roof* of the pop
top, either from the outside or the inside.
Patti

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Turn the air conditioning underneath it on.
>                          Stacy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 11, 2015, at 4:38 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > Chrome it.
> >
> > --
> > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > Bend, Ore.
> >
> >> On 06/11/2015 11:02 AM, PB wrote:
> >> The "paint guy," where I took my Westy for an estimate, seemed to think
> >> that a white poptop would not make a difference during hot weather.
> Where
> >> I live it can go up to 110 degrees or more, but there are usually only
> >> about 20 or less of these days per year, and usually spread out in
> August
> >> and September. If it's 108 degrees outside, I can't see how a white
> rooftop
> >> could reduce the inside temp by more than 2 or 3 degrees, which would
> still
> >> result in a sizzling 105 degrees.
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if there's any feasible or "creative" way to install
> >> Reflectix or any other type of insulation *inside* the poptop, or would
> >> there happen to be some kind of "paint on" insulation for the
> exterior...
> >>
> >> Patti
> >> 90 Westy Automatic
> >> North Hollywood, CA
> >>
> >> *♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪*
> >> If it's not on my Smart Phone, it doesn't exist...
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> >>
>

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