Insulating Paint Claims

[DrivingMissLazy]

Something I just found.

http://www.tprl.com/Stherm.htm
www.tprl.com

Insulated paint or ceramic paint type products that claim wild insulation values.

TPRL Inc. would like to counter mis-information concerning various claims about insulated paint products that our company has tested. TPRL, Inc has measured the thermal conductivity of thin layers of insulated paint products and obtained thermal conductivity values. These thermal conductivity values are not R insulation values and we did not claim our results as R values.

Our company did provide a memo that stated that a R19 value was possible under certain conditions which included how the HotBox test was done. The HotBox test performed by another company used a coating of insulated paint on top of a insulating media to get a R19 value. In real world conditions you will not get a R value of 19 from these insulated paints. A lot of people are believing that if they just paint their building it will add R19 to their insulation value. Other people are believing that if they leave off the insulation on a new construction and paint it with one of these insulation type paints the building will have a R19 insulation value. This will not be the case in either application. Be very careful of the data being presented and the claims being made. Much of the R value being presented is being done out of context with the intent to mislead. Will these type of insulating or ceramic paints help insulate ? Yes, to some degree much like a good thick coat of paint but nothing like the R-value claims being made.

As usual , if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Buyer beware !!

For further information on the R-value testing rule visit the Federal Government site:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/eande/

For a list of companies the FTC is pursuing for false insulation claims visit the above site and click on the 'home insulation & energy efficiency' tab and select 'Enforcement' under the heading of additional information.

For a link to a fairly current FTC complaint based upon a thin spray on insulation claiming an insulation value of R-20 visit :

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/06/krytoncmp.htm

[Frank @ TX]

It seems to me if anyone thought about it for more than a few seconds, all that testing would not be needed.
Just a few thousandths of and inch of any material would not be much insulation.
Even if it was .015" thick vacuum you wouldn't get R15.
Why do some folks need the gov to explain a scam to them.
Frank

[DrivingMissLazy]

Frank, there have been literally dozens of posts on this and the other board regarding the believed benefits of this scam and a lot of nuts have fell for it. This is the first time I have ever seen anything provided by a test lab that debunks the scam.

Richard

[Frank @ TX]

Richard,
I know what you're saying, BUT, why do soooo many folks fall for scams so quickly??
The only thing I can figure is they would rather believe than think, it's just easier for them.
Frank

[larryc]

What do you expect from people who have been indoctrinated by our "Government" schools for the past several decades?