Insulating Paint Additive
 

Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




--
Ryan_Hudson

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




save 25% energy seems to good to be true, 550g in 5l of paint rough
coverage 14 sq m = 39g of powder per square metre, I cant see how that
will make 25% improvement

--
Kevin R
Reply address works

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"Ryan_Hudson" wrote in
message ...

Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan


Word of warning. Wrap anything warm in a plastic bag and it sweats. This
paint additive thing is just a plastisiser, so coats the surface in a
plastic bag. Yes, it may give some thermal protection and slightly reduce
heat loss through the surface, but so does any plastic bag. Try putting
your hand in a plastic bag for half an hour, and you'll get the same effect.

Try before you buy, right enough. :-)

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you
could let me know what you think of it.

Of course it will work, it contains snake oil.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




You might find this interesting:

http://www.energyideas.org/documents/Factsheets/PTR/Insuladd.pdf

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

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"Rod" wrote in message
...
Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




You might find this interesting:

http://www.energyideas.org/documents/Factsheets/PTR/Insuladd.pdf

Rod


That makes good reading. Especially the reviews at the bottom of the
document. You'd be better adding this stuff
http://www.firebox.com/product/968/Insta-Snow to the paint. It would
insulated the ceiling more, me thinks. :-)

P.S. The Video Demo is good.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

In article , Ryan_Hudson
writes

Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

Previously discussed:

"My initial reaction was, ********!, but thought I really should be a
bit more
objective.

Objective analysis:
1. They claim to reduce heat transfer by reducing radiated transmission,

that's fine when you are working at high temperatures such as the space
shuttle usage that they try to piggy-back or trying to reduce heating by

strong sunlight. In UK domestic situations very little is lost by
radiation so
any benefit would be small.
2. Many of the testimonials support the use as protection against
intense
sunlight or reducing heat loss from high temperature objects such as
ovens so not really applicable to UK domestic situations.
3. Buried deep in the site is a test certificate which quotes the
thermal
conductivity of the material (note the material in bulk and not as a
paint
additive) as k=0.061 (W/mK?) which is comparable with that of cork. A
thin
film of insulation with the same thermal conductivity as cork is
unlikely to
be of benefit in insulating a home.

Conclusion:
This product may have benefit in reducing heat loss from high
temperature
objects or reducing heat gain in intense heat or sunlight but it is
unlikely to
be of benefit when used as an additive for painting UK domestic walls.

Executive summary:
********!"
--
fred
BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs

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BigWallop wrote:
"Rod" wrote in message
...
Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




You might find this interesting:

http://www.energyideas.org/documents/Factsheets/PTR/Insuladd.pdf

Rod


That makes good reading. Especially the reviews at the bottom of the
document. You'd be better adding this stuff
http://www.firebox.com/product/968/Insta-Snow to the paint. It would
insulated the ceiling more, me thinks. :-)

P.S. The Video Demo is good.



Probably microspheres/glass bubbles. 3M makes them I think.
Perlite would be cheaper

Insulating Paint Additive
 

"Kevin" wrote in message
...
Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product? http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g. If you know anything
about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




save 25% energy seems to good to be true, 550g in 5l of paint rough
coverage 14 sq m = 39g of powder per square metre, I cant see how that
will make 25% improvement

Its probably true, in specific circumstances.
I imagine that if it leaves a rough surface it could cause a thin layer of
static air that would insulate the surface just as it does in double
glazing.
However the slightest breeze or draught will remove the layer.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

"fred" wrote in message ...
In article , Ryan_Hudson
writes

Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

Previously discussed:

"My initial reaction was, ********!, but thought I really should be a bit
more
objective.

Objective analysis:
1. They claim to reduce heat transfer by reducing radiated transmission,

that's fine when you are working at high temperatures such as the space
shuttle usage that they try to piggy-back or trying to reduce heating by

strong sunlight. In UK domestic situations very little is lost by
radiation so
any benefit would be small.
2. Many of the testimonials support the use as protection against intense
sunlight or reducing heat loss from high temperature objects such as
ovens so not really applicable to UK domestic situations.
3. Buried deep in the site is a test certificate which quotes the thermal
conductivity of the material (note the material in bulk and not as a paint
additive) as k=0.061 (W/mK?) which is comparable with that of cork. A thin
film of insulation with the same thermal conductivity as cork is unlikely
to
be of benefit in insulating a home.

Conclusion:
This product may have benefit in reducing heat loss from high temperature
objects or reducing heat gain in intense heat or sunlight but it is
unlikely to
be of benefit when used as an additive for painting UK domestic walls.

Executive summary:
********!"

Seconded


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not

Insulating Paint Additive
 

stuart noble wrote:
snip
Probably microspheres/glass bubbles. 3M makes them I think.
Perlite would be cheaper


So just mix in a bit of lightweight filler. :-)

(Acutally, how would anyone know if the microspheres contained air or
not? Not exactly easy to measure for ordinary mortals.)

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Check out the independent test data:

http://www.thermilate.co.uk/independent_testing.shtml

Particularly the report from Salford Uni.

This gives the stuff (on top of 9.5mm plasterboard) a thermal
resistance (R value) of 0.199 (m^2.K/W)

Now take away the insulating effect of plasterboard to see how much
good the stuff is doing:

The R value for 9.5mm plasterboard alone is 0.059 (calculated from a K
value of 0.16 given in the Architects Pocket Book).

So the R value of the stuff in that sample (presumably presented in
such a way to give the best possible results) is 0.199 - 0.059 = 0.14

How good is an R value (thermal resistance) of 0.14?

Building Regs require walls to have a thermal resistance of just over
2.8

(derived from a U value of 0.35)

So "stuff" will make a 5% contribution to meeting the requirements.

Ploughing further into the figures from that test report - it looks
like the coating is 3mm thick (but we can't be certain from the way
the numbers are presented).

That would make "stuff" slightly better than expanded polystyrene as
an insulator (it's the equivalent of 5mm).

Now think about what you see used on building sites - 50-100mm thick
polystyrene or similar insulators being built into cavities is the
norm - not 5mm!

Insulating Paint Additive
 

'BigWallop[_2_ Wrote:
;1457675']"Ryan_Hudson"
wrote in
message ...-

-

Word of warning. Wrap anything warm in a plastic bag and it sweats.
This
paint additive thing is just a plastisiser, so coats the surface in a
plastic bag. Yes, it may give some thermal protection and slightly
reduce
heat loss through the surface, but so does any plastic bag. Try
putting
your hand in a plastic bag for half an hour, and you'll get the same
effect.

Try before you buy, right enough. :-)


Thanks for your advice people. Very much appreciated.

I have decided that I will be experimenting with thermilate paint
additive. It has satisfaction gurantee, so i guess nothing to lose
here. My living room is being renovated at the moment so best time to
see if it is one of those just "too good to be true" products.

To make sure about the temperature difference claim, I will being using
my digital thermostat to record the temperature before and after.

well I'll keep you posted about the result.




--
Ryan_Hudson

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Rod wrote:
stuart noble wrote:
snip
Probably microspheres/glass bubbles. 3M makes them I think.
Perlite would be cheaper


So just mix in a bit of lightweight filler. :-)

(Acutally, how would anyone know if the microspheres contained air or
not? Not exactly easy to measure for ordinary mortals.)

Only that a one kilo bag of them is huge.
Stirring them into paint isn't as easy as it sounds either :-)

Insulating Paint Additive
 

On 26 Nov, 17:05, Ryan_Hudson Ryan_Hudson.
wrote:

Anyone got any experience with this product?
http://www.thermilate.com/

Good (with provisos, see below) experience of similar products for
special purposes - although mixing is crucial, so buy the stuff as
paint rather than an additive powder, unless you're going to be
careful with mixing it.

It reduces _radiant_ heat transfer, which is the only sort of transfer
you're going to affect with a thin coating like this. It probably does
a tiny bit for convection but sqrt() sod-all for conduction. Then
remember the Stefan–Boltzmann law and the fact that radiant flux is
proportional to the fourth power of temperature (or else get Dennis
the Physicist to explain it to you).

So if you've got a big hot thing that's unpleasant to sit in front of,
like a kiln or an oven, then it might be useful to paint it with this
stuff and reduce the radiant heat. But it won't replace lagging your
loft.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

stuart noble wrote:
Rod wrote:
stuart noble wrote:
snip
Probably microspheres/glass bubbles. 3M makes them I think.
Perlite would be cheaper


So just mix in a bit of lightweight filler. :-)

(Acutally, how would anyone know if the microspheres contained air or
not? Not exactly easy to measure for ordinary mortals.)

Only that a one kilo bag of them is huge.
Stirring them into paint isn't as easy as it sounds either :-)

I meant, contained air or were evacuated. :-) Don't think that would
affect bulk weight/volume significantly.

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Ryan_Hudson wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan




The moment I saw '*up to* 25%' I smelt a rat..as well as 'reflecting
energy back'.

The largest heat loss is via conduction: even the best insulants need
thickness. Paint isn't thick.

Unless I have missed fundamental point this one goes under 'green****
ecobollox'

Insulating Paint Additive
 

On Nov 26, 11:05*am, Ryan_Hudson Ryan_Hudson.
wrote:
Hi all,

Anyone got any experience with this product?

http://www.thermilate.com/

It's a paint additive that's supposed to improve the insulating
properties of the surface it's applied to, but I'm a wee bit dubious
about it. I'm thinking of buying a pouch of 550g.

If you know anything about this product, I'd appreciate it if you could
let me know what you think of it.

Cheers,

Ryan

--
Ryan_Hudson

Its a ceramic additive, I tried it on ducts and with an IR thermometer
saw no temp difference. Find a few real independant labs that verify
the claims, I bet you cant. Its been out forever and I do not think at
the thickness aplied it does ****. Maybe 15 coats, but not just one.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

"Ryan_Hudson" wrote in
message ...

'BigWallop[_2_ Wrote:
;1457675']"Ryan_Hudson"
wrote in
message ...-

-

Word of warning. Wrap anything warm in a plastic bag and it sweats.
This
paint additive thing is just a plastisiser, so coats the surface in a
plastic bag. Yes, it may give some thermal protection and slightly
reduce
heat loss through the surface, but so does any plastic bag. Try
putting
your hand in a plastic bag for half an hour, and you'll get the same
effect.

Try before you buy, right enough. :-)


Thanks for your advice people. Very much appreciated.

I have decided that I will be experimenting with thermilate paint
additive. It has satisfaction gurantee, so i guess nothing to lose
here. My living room is being renovated at the moment so best time to
see if it is one of those just "too good to be true" products.

To make sure about the temperature difference claim, I will being using
my digital thermostat to record the temperature before and after.

well I'll keep you posted about the result.

Ryan_Hudson


It was rejected as a project for all of the NASA missions when they couldn't
show any thermal insulate properties on it at all. The makers say you need
a minimum of 3 mm to produce the thermal effects, which is 22 coats of paint
with the additive. To create the properties NASA were after, that many
coats of paint on their craft made them far to heavy.

If you go back in the NASA technology archives to 1972, you'll find lots of
these products that claimed to do weird and wonderful things. Most of them
were just new polymers being discovered and created in the Universities and
chemical labs across the US and trying hard to get government funding from
the height of the space program, and most are not worth the patent paper
they're written on.. :-)

I, for one, would be happy to learn the results of all your experiments.
And I wish you good luck with it.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

Ryan_Hudson wrote:
'BigWallop[_2_ Wrote:
;1457675']"Ryan_Hudson"
wrote in
message ...-

-

Word of warning. Wrap anything warm in a plastic bag and it sweats.
This
paint additive thing is just a plastisiser, so coats the surface in a
plastic bag. Yes, it may give some thermal protection and slightly
reduce
heat loss through the surface, but so does any plastic bag. Try
putting
your hand in a plastic bag for half an hour, and you'll get the same
effect.

Try before you buy, right enough. :-)


Thanks for your advice people. Very much appreciated.

I have decided that I will be experimenting with thermilate paint
additive. It has satisfaction gurantee, so i guess nothing to lose
here. My living room is being renovated at the moment so best time to
see if it is one of those just "too good to be true" products.

To make sure about the temperature difference claim, I will being using
my digital thermostat to record the temperature before and after.

well I'll keep you posted about the result.




I can't see that they will pay out - however little difference you
notice. But it is entirely your prerogative to choose what to do. And
*do* keep us posted - I shall be interested.

--
Rod

Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious
onset.
Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed.
www.thyromind.info www.thyroiduk.org www.altsupportthyroid.org

Insulating Paint Additive
 

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:26:19 +0000, Ryan_Hudson wrote:

I have decided that I will be experimenting with thermilate paint
additive. It has satisfaction gurantee, so i guess nothing to lose
here.

Read the small print I expect this "satisfaction gurantee[sic]" will just
refund the purchase price and nothing else. No reimbursements of costs for
removing the stuff etc

To make sure about the temperature difference claim, I will being using
my digital thermostat to record the temperature before and after.

How is that going to prove anything? The thermostat will control the room
temp to what it is set at... You need to know the heat input before with
given internal/external temperatures and wind speed/direction and then
heat input afterwards under the same conditions. Either that or fuel
consumption of a year or two before then compare with fuel consumption
afterwards for a year or two.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:26:19 +0000, Ryan_Hudson wrote:

I have decided that I will be experimenting with thermilate paint
additive. It has satisfaction gurantee, so i guess nothing to lose
here.

Read the small print I expect this "satisfaction gurantee[sic]" will just
refund the purchase price and nothing else. No reimbursements of costs for
removing the stuff etc

To make sure about the temperature difference claim, I will being using
my digital thermostat to record the temperature before and after.

How is that going to prove anything? The thermostat will control the room
temp to what it is set at... You need to know the heat input before with
given internal/external temperatures and wind speed/direction and then
heat input afterwards under the same conditions. Either that or fuel
consumption of a year or two before then compare with fuel consumption
afterwards for a year or two.

He could try a proper experiment..
take a box well insulated on all but one face.
Put in a 40w lamp.
put a sheet of metal on the remaining face
measure the temp in the box after it has stabilised.
repeat after painting metal sheet
See if there is any change in the temperature differences in each case.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

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On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:26:30 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

He could try a proper experiment..
take a box well insulated on all but one face.
Put in a 40w lamp.
put a sheet of metal on the remaining face
measure the temp in the box after it has stabilised.
See if there is any change in the temperature differences in each case.

But the paint by it self will make a difference so you need another metal
sheet painted but with out the magic additive.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:26:30 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

He could try a proper experiment..
take a box well insulated on all but one face.
Put in a 40w lamp.
put a sheet of metal on the remaining face
measure the temp in the box after it has stabilised.
See if there is any change in the temperature differences in each case.

But the paint by it self will make a difference so you need another metal
sheet painted but with out the magic additive.

Only if you are comparing one paint to another.
It allows you to calculate the heat flow and you can measure the temp
difference.
I think it safe to ignore the thermal resistance of a thin sheet of metal.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:05:10 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

He could try a proper experiment..
take a box well insulated on all but one face.
Put in a 40w lamp.
put a sheet of metal on the remaining face
measure the temp in the box after it has stabilised.
See if there is any change in the temperature differences in each
case.

But the paint by it self will make a difference so you need another
metal sheet painted but with out the magic additive.

Only if you are comparing one paint to another.

No you are comparing unpainted with painted + magic additive. How do you
*know* that any difference is down to the paint, the magic additive or a
combination of both? We are trying to find out if the magic additive has
any effect not that painting (with or without magic additive) does.

If the first sheet was painted sans additive and the other was painted
with additive that would be OK but I got the impression the first sheet
was unpainted.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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I wonder if it's made by the same people as make Tri-Iso multifoil loft
insulation?

I read a good layman's view of the technical issues with misleading R-
values (including multifoils) he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_(insulation)

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:05:10 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

He could try a proper experiment..
take a box well insulated on all but one face.
Put in a 40w lamp.
put a sheet of metal on the remaining face
measure the temp in the box after it has stabilised.
See if there is any change in the temperature differences in each
case.

But the paint by it self will make a difference so you need another
metal sheet painted but with out the magic additive.

Only if you are comparing one paint to another.

No you are comparing unpainted with painted + magic additive. How do you
*know* that any difference is down to the paint, the magic additive or a
combination of both? We are trying to find out if the magic additive has
any effect not that painting (with or without magic additive) does.

That is illogical as the additive doesn't work without paint, you can't
compare the additive on its own.


If the first sheet was painted sans additive and the other was painted
with additive that would be OK but I got the impression the first sheet
was unpainted.

It will tell you how well the paint with the additive performs.

Insulating Paint Additive
 

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:37:12 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

No you are comparing unpainted with painted + magic additive. How do
you *know* that any difference is down to the paint, the magic additive
or a combination of both? We are trying to find out if the magic
additive has any effect not that painting (with or without magic
additive) does.

That is illogical as the additive doesn't work without paint, you can't
compare the additive on its own.

Yes, but how do you know that any difference is down to the paint or paint
+ additive when you only compare paint + additive against unpainted.

If the first sheet was painted sans additive and the other was painted
with additive that would be OK but I got the impression the first sheet
was unpainted.

It will tell you how well the paint with the additive performs.

But not if the paint on it's own will perfom just as well.

--
Cheers
Dave.

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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.net...
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:37:12 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

No you are comparing unpainted with painted + magic additive. How do
you *know* that any difference is down to the paint, the magic additive
or a combination of both? We are trying to find out if the magic
additive has any effect not that painting (with or without magic
additive) does.

That is illogical as the additive doesn't work without paint, you can't
compare the additive on its own.

Yes, but how do you know that any difference is down to the paint or paint
+ additive when you only compare paint + additive against unpainted.

Well as I don't expect much difference I don't think it matters.