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Default Radiator reflective foil

On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:56:12 +0000, fred wrote:

In article , PeterC
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On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:13:52 +0000, Moonraker wrote:

Thanks for all the help, the general opinion is that the magnetic stuff
a rip off but it is worth using reflective foil, so I will send my
daughter to B&Q or Wickes for some, as it for her house!


http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Cons...on/Radiator%20
Foil/d210/sd2738/p26805

or just http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p26805 , the middle bit is
redundant.

Yes, sorry - Dialog has an anti-wrap feature so I tend to be lazy and use
that.

I'm not sure that that one has an insulated backing which in my view is
the only one worth using.


It has a thin layer of PE(?) foam on the back.

Needs a good adhesive and time to dry.


Strong wallpaper paste perhaps with a dob of pva sounds good.


TS does a strong adhesive that I used. The foil is still on after about 18
months.
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