roof coating

[niles500]

Tropi-cool was the one I was referring to, be careful Henry makes a number of products that are cheaper, be sure it's tropi-cool, and do NOT buy any product over a few months old, it has a short shelf life - FWIW

[scanzel]

Be care full on some coatings once you open them and expose to air they start curing so if you do a bus roof you need to do it all the same day. On my roof I pressure washed first and then used my wife's dual head electric floor scrubber and then power washed again before applying. Do not do it in the sun. Good Luck 

[Lifes2short4nofun]

If your rivets are tight, a good paint job is all that is needed.

Can I just do that?

I felt I needed to have them paint the roof with elastomeric roof coating. 

I am hating how you can see the white roof. 

[Brassman]

I wonder how good the stickiness is between Tropic-Cool and caulks. Specifically, does it form a water tight seal with something like 3m 5200? I mean it's silicon paint. How many of us have been cursed by silicon caulking and/or gasket material?

I've gotten 8 years from a Bus-Kote/clear coat roof. It'd be nice to roll out a roof that would get 10 years. Then me bus be ready for the scrapper.

[Jerry W Campbell]

After 4 or 5 coats of Bus Kote/Clear coat over the years I finally figured I had enough insulation and scrubbed and painted over it with white Rustoleum. It has stayed whiter longer that the Bus Kote.
Jerry

[Geoff]

I remember years ago there was a company that came to the MAK bus conversion events and was trying to sell a product that you put on the INSIDE bare walls of you bus that had all these high R ratings.  It was the talk of the Town (bus nuts) for awhile until we figured out the R ratings were from an outside roof coating, not applying to the inside.  The company had a booth with heat lamps to show off his product.

[luvrbus]

Geoff, are you talking about the thin white stuff that came in a roll ?

[buswarrior]

And the engineers that frequented both Boards back in the day had little support for the junk science the vendors of these miracle products promotional material.

Thermal separation via furring strips and closed cell spray foam covers the bases.

George Meyers had a coach with the insulation attached externally,negating any headroom issues. Has anyone seen that coach recently? Curious as to how the construction has held up over the years?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[DoubleEagle]

Was that his second coach, the Gillig transit? I used to see his previous older coach around, but I never saw the Gillig on the road (just in his driveway).

[Geoff]

I think George drove his Phantom to the Caverns MAK rally, don't remember the year, around the early 2000's?  That was the time he had his bus conversion newsletter out, and he had a picture of my RTS with the Cavern's sign above my bus.

[Geoff]

Geoff, are you talking about the thin white stuff that came in a roll ?

No, it was liquid.  I believe it was nothing more than elastomeric coating.

Geoff

[luvrbus]

No, it was liquid.  I believe it was nothing more than elastomeric coating.

Geoff

Lol I didn't fall for that one but did spend 700 bucks on the white rolled stuff though 

[NewbeeMC9]

http://www.hytechsales.com/prod2150.html

Put the ceramic in the paint when I had my bus painted, would have used their paint but the painter had credit issues he didn't mention.... May just get some with the klearcote when I do my roof....need all the roof insulation I can get...