[Greenbuilding] Super Therm Insulating Paint

[Corwyn]

On Mar 06, 2007, at 21:34, William Updike wrote:

> Has anyone ever used the Super Therm Insulating Paint?
>
> http://www.supertherm.net/home.htm

Smells like snake oil, to me.

I looked at their "proof" page.  It is filled with words in all 
capitals and red, but little evidence, to say nothing of proof.  They 
claim to have it tested, but no links to those tests or labs.

"By the Only accepted formula for figuring the R values on insulation 
materials"

huh?

"Yes. In the Thermophysical Research Lab report, the metal plate 
conducted 367.20 BTU's, then with one coat of SUPER THERM applied at 10 
mils, the BTU conduction was reduced from 367.20 to 3.99. a 92% + 
reduction after SUPER THERM "

Without more information, this is useless to me.  Is there some 
standard test they are doing here, that I am unaware of?  I could 
replicate what is described here with a layer of butter, I suspect 
(given the ability to control the experiment).  And isn't 3.99 from 
367.2 a 98+% reduction?

"NASA approved!"

Since when does NASA approve things?  and to do what, paint the lines 
in their parking lot?

I think if nothing else they need to re-do their website to better 
communicate exactly what their product does.  It could well be an 
excellent product, it just seems hype-laden.

Certainly. any R equivalence is subject to the assumptions made, so 
care should used to make sure your application matches those 
assumptions.  <rant>I do wish everyone would throw the whole idea of R 
equivalence out, and just tell people what it does.</rant>


Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn