hull insulation
Has anybody insulated their hull against cold, condensation, and heat?
Or do you know of a flexible product that looks good to you?
I've looked at various rubber foams - none I found seemed right. Local plastics supply has 1/2" thick candy colored floor exercise mats that are closed cell - but they don't know what the stuff is. There's is an inexpensive white polyethylene foam that is really firm so that things leaning against it won't permanently leave a scar - but there's no glue to stick it to the hull. There are some contact cements out there - but they are evil. (IMCO it is important that whatever material be stuck fast to the hull so watervapor will not form there)
Came across a multilayer, reflective aluminum foil-skinned poly bubble insulation in a gardening catalog. 5/16". Sent for a piece. Got on their site and discovered it can be gotten at the local hardware. It also is inexpensive, relatively. Stuff knocking against it could cut it up. But it doesn't smell or have other bad characteristics I can see. It's a nice tidy, pretty tough product. A traditional liner over it would be necessay where it was exposed to view. Maybe some headliner material could be glued to it to hide the aluminium. Or sunbrella in a locker.
So you see you can get far afield on this, that's why I thought I'ld ask!
Anyway, have you come up with something choice?
Reply With Quote