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hayden55 · 02-08-2019, 10:25 PM

Another obscure option: ceramic weave forge insulation. Well kind of.
Imagine a yeti cooler is made of 2 inches of poly foam which equals R-10 value and can hold ice and what not, but has only an R-value of 5 per inch. Move to ceramic fiber insulation: R-10 per inch!
I can think of many uses from exhaust insulation for race cars (reduce heat soak), insulate an existing fridge, or in the case glue it to the roof of your vehicle and possibly the doors.
Similar to the 3m crystalline tint option the goal here is to keep heat out.

Maybe I could try it out in the ranger as the head liner has already failed. Then I could just yank the header and restore it and throw this stuff in behind it. lol

02-08-2019, 10:25 PM	#42 (permalink)
hayden55 Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,171 Sport Utility Prius - '10 Toyota Prius II 90 day: 52.98 mpg (US) 300k Sequoia 4WD - '01 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd 90 day: 20.19 mpg (US) Thanks: 352 Thanked 268 Times in 215 Posts	Another obscure option: ceramic weave forge insulation. Well kind of. Imagine a yeti cooler is made of 2 inches of poly foam which equals R-10 value and can hold ice and what not, but has only an R-value of 5 per inch. Move to ceramic fiber insulation: R-10 per inch! I can think of many uses from exhaust insulation for race cars (reduce heat soak), insulate an existing fridge, or in the case glue it to the roof of your vehicle and possibly the doors. Similar to the 3m crystalline tint option the goal here is to keep heat out. Maybe I could try it out in the ranger as the head liner has already failed. Then I could just yank the header and restore it and throw this stuff in behind it. lol __________________ "I feel like the bad decisions come into play when you trade too much of your time for money paying for things you can't really afford." Last edited by hayden55; 02-08-2019 at 10:40 PM..