On not giving up when you are a total failure

[Mary C]

WOW that sounds like something we need in this country, I hope it will become available here if not already. I do have a questions, how long will it last?, How often do you have to reapply? How does humidity affect it? Will they ship to the US and at what cost? does it hold up in the cold, snow, ice? Some surfaces are very different, I just would like to see a list of surfaces it would work on. It really sounds great.

Mary C.

[migal0412]

WOW that sounds like something we need in this country, I hope it will become available here if not already. I do have a questions, how long will it last?, How often do you have to reapply? How does humidity affect it? Will they ship to the US and at what cost? does it hold up in the cold, snow, ice? Some surfaces are very different, I just would like to see a list of surfaces it would work on. It really sounds great.

Mary C.

G'day Mary

I'll try and answer a couple of your questions but you would have to contact the company for the others.

[color=#00FF00]how long will it last?[/color] I painted my motorhome roof approximately 13 years ago and it is still in good condition and has never been garaged and gets a wash (if it's lucky) about once or twice a year.

How often do you have to reapply? I don't know, see above.

How does humidity affect it? It is very flexible and covers joins and rivets etc with about a 2-3 mm thickness and provides excellent waterproofing so humidity does not seem to affect it.

Will they ship to the US and at what cost? You would have to contact them directly for the answer to this.

does it hold up in the cold, snow, ice? I can't answer this one either as we have the other opposite extremes of temperature Down Under, I fact most Aussies have probably never seen snow.

Some surfaces are very different, I just would like to see a list of surfaces it would work on. I have personally used it on corrugated iron roofing, metal roof on my motorhome, fibreglass and epoxy coated plywood with excellent results.

I hope this answers your questions. I have also been told recently that another company has introduced a similar product but I cannot recall it's name.

Cheers Mike

[lrrowe]

Interesting stuff. I quickly looked a the site and wondered about the applications on top of cargo trailers given their size. But I get the impression it is pricey, not practical for small jobs and maybe is not a DIY project. Here again, that is my impression from a quick pass at it, nothing in the site stated that directly.

Nothing could be further from the truth, it's quite inexpensive (at least here in Australia) and very easy for just about anyone to apply either by brush or roller. I have used it a couple of times with terrific results and can certainly recommend it on a teardrop roof.

To give you some idea of it's effectiveness I was working under an iron roof in mid summer with over 100 deg temperature and the heat in the shed was almost unbearable when a friend called by. He advised painting the roof with thermashield which would cool my work area down.

I went ahead and ordered some and had about half the roof painted and went down to have a break. The difference in temperature under the painted and unpainted sides was amazing. The iron under the unpainted side was too hot to touch but on the painted side the iron was relatively cool. This sold me on the product and since then have done the roof of my motorhome and will be doing my teardrop when it's finished.

The only downside I am aware of is the finish, it has a feel much like sandpaper but this can be overcome with one or two top coats of normal exterior water based paint.

Mike

PS When I ordered my thermashield the company asked the exact dimensions of the area I was applying it to and sent me the correct amount for 2 coats without any wastage.

Thanks, and as I mentioned, I did not research it and just gave my first reaction perception. Guess that again proves that one should be careful with that technique. Thanks for both of your clarifications posted for both Mary and me.

Mary, I guess we need to keep our eyes open for this product.

[Woodbutcher]

Try this.... http://www.thermoshield.com/index.html/ ... rwall.html It sounds like the same stuff. There is a US distributor in Naples FL.

Who will be the first to try it?????