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Subject:Re: how to cool a poptop?
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:24:24 -0500

Josh Fancher can do it for you (google him) or you can do it yourself.

---- PB <pbrattan@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> 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...
> > >> ●▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬♥▬▬▬ஜ۩۞۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬●
> > >>
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> *♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪♪♫**♥**♫♪*
> If it's not on my Smart Phone, it doesn't exist...
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David McNeely