Anyone have a photo of a black MCI102DL3?

[Iceni John]

hi Chessie, I think fiberglass doesn't transfer heat as much, there is a paint with ceramic particles in it that almost eliminates heat absorption, forgot the name. lvmci...

I used that ceramic stuff in my roof paint when I completely repainted the roof a year or two ago.   It makes some difference, but exactly how much it affects interior temperatures I don't know for sure.   I could tell the difference inside by the cooler (less hot?) ceiling temperature under the section that had the ceramic additive in the gloss white top coat, compared to the section still in plain white primer.   The ceiling was about 10 degrees cooler, but that doesn't mean the whole interior would be that much cooler.   However, Rustoleum gloss white enamel has a rough suede-like appearance with the ceramic in it, so after two coats of it I then painted two more coats of plain Rustoleum without the additive to make a smoother glossier finish.   I think that having plain gloss white on the roof is the single best thing to help keep a bus cooler, and the ceramic may not make much difference overall.

John

[Oonrahnjay]

Aren't the President's buses painted black? My Beast is all white.   

    Nah, those are his helicopters ....

[BeastMaster]

Looks like a black bus to me!

[CrabbyMilton]

But that's a PREVOST X3-45 not an MCI D.

[Jeremy]

...And anyway I think the President's 'black helicopters' comment was referring to something else entirely....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_helicopter

Jeremy

[Oonrahnjay]

...And anyway I think the President's 'black helicopters' comment was referring to something else entirely....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_helicopter

Jeremy

     Or the IRS, or the DEA, or the TriLateral Commission ... it's hard to keep up with the Conspirataloonies' ideas of the week ...

[luvrbus]

Wonder what the siding is made of on that bus it looks to be the standard Prevost fiberglass for the X3,why does he need 2 of those at 2 mil a pop 

[CrabbyMilton]

Well, just like there are 2 Air Force One's and 2 beast limo's. Backup and decoy. There was a program that runs on one of the cable networks that explains all of that and it was very interesting and informative. As for the bus, that is a good question. Perhaps the siding is stock while the inside is heavily lined with amore. Unless you get elected president or join the Secret Service, you'll never really know for sure.

[Scott & Heather]

Thanks guys! Especially nick. Interesting. I know black is stinking hot. But it's also "hot" if you know what I mean


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[belfert]

I have no idea how anyone could paint a bus black.  A few years ago I was in the desert with my bus.  I have some areas of my bus painted dark green.  The dark green areas measured 175 degrees in the sun with an infrared thermometer.  (It was 107 degrees in the shade.)

Personally, I will never own a black car.  Hot in the summer and look really dirty in the winter.  A lot of black cars around here are full of swirl marks from being washed although less often these days due to not using brushes in car washes anymore.  Black cars that are fairly new do look really good in the summer if they are clean.  (No car is ever clean for very long in the winter.)

[daddyoften]

Our bus is going to be a light color but there is nothing better looking than a black car/rig in my opinion. Everything around here is white, works trucks.... I'm sick of white!
We own a black suburban, a black Bmw x5, a white sprinter and my work service truck is white! Kinda generic huh? Lol

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