Thoughts? Rat rod bus paint

[Hawkeyenfo]

I'll look into that, thanks!

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi Guy's,

I had the same readings as Ed on a 98 degree day.. In the 180's with the temp gun..

The flat black was very cool looking though.. till the paint job.

Nick-

[Hawkeyenfo]

Hey Nick, thanks for posting the picture, got any more? It does look cool  . Does your comment mean it was a pain to repaint after the flat black?  Also, how were the temps inside?

[Ed Hackenbruch]

On the day that i took the readings on my bus the temp inside without the ac on, was 107. So the heat on on the skin of the bus was raising the inside temps 7 degrees above the air temp even though i had the windows open. After the sun went down i could still feel heat coming thru the walls for several hours. Of course the outside temp took awhile to drop down too.  Our bus was converted in late 1983 so at that time there weren't many choices for insulation, and i don't think that he put much in, if any, as he did not plan to be where it was too hot or too cold.

[Hawkeyenfo]

Thanks Ed, 7 degrees seems like a lot but, then again, I have never put much thought into that as we normally camp on or near the Pacific Ocean.  There are some inland areas I'd like to hit but, maybe they can wait until fall/winter.  Just moved down to La Mesa (San Diego) so it will be a bit hotter than Ventura.  Do you think having a white roof would help out?  Currently, it's white on top, flat red to the middle and gray on the bottom half.  Temps have never been too bad but, I have been attricbuting that to the white roof..... hmmm...

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Have you ever walked barefoot on a blacktop road on a hot day? Even though the white line isn't very wide it is cooler than the rest of the road!

[Hawkeyenfo]

Sure have Ed, grew up in Nebraska!