Tiny powder additive of ceramic coated vacuum spheres makes paint insulative!

[suziedemocrat]

http://www.ceramicadditive.com/work.html

When mixed into paint and applied to a wall or roof, the ceramic "beads" shrink down tight as the water evaporates creating a tightly packed film of the "thermos bottle" like cells. This ceramic layer provides a thermal barrier, improved fire resistance, protection from harmful UV rays, repulsion of insects such as termites and protection from the destructive forces of weather.

Being a ceramic impregnated film, the scrubability of the dried paint film is improved tremendously and their roundness causes them to act like ball bearings, rolling upon each other, thus allowing the coatings to flow more easily. The tough ceramic shell increases the longevity of the paint that it is mixed into meaning you have to paint less often. Ceramic house paints far outlast conventional paints due to the porcelain film surface.

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Hy-Tech Insulating ceramic technology is the result of NASA thermal research and years of testing which resulted in a very complex blend of ceramic vacuum filled refractory products designed specifically for use in paints and paint coatings by specialists with over 30 years experience in formulating and applying paints and coatings.

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Extremely interesting!

Have saved the site! Thanks! :hi:

[Syncronaut Seven]

2. Painted the roof of my GMC SKoolie conversion with it.

Absolutely amazing stuff! Mixed it with white epoxy tractor paint. Should be good for a couple years. :hippie:

[suziedemocrat]

3. Great - I wondered if it was just a bunch of marketing BS - sounds a little too good to be true.

[jilln]

5. For a couple years??

Then it stops insulating? I don't want to have to repaint every couple years... I just finished repainting the entire house and it is NOT fun.

[suziedemocrat]

7. The site says it extends the life of the paint to which it is added.

Additional Benefits of Hy-Tech Insulating Ceramics

Hard ceramics provide longer lasting durability which means you paint less often.
Exceptional stain and scrub resistance
Ceramics are Non-Toxic & Fire Resistant
Helps deaden sound
Use on Interior or Exterior
Environmentally Friendly
Reduces heat and cooling loss!
A hard smooth surface that resists corrosion, abrasion, mold and mildew.

[Syncronaut Seven]

9. No, I was being silly

It will last more than a couple years. :rofl: I'm really hoping for 20, The ceramic doesn't deteriorate, the limiting factor is simply paints ability to adhere. You can mix it with any paint you desire, the stuff is very inert and doesn't affect the character of the base paint.

Epoxy tractor paint is tough as nails before the ceramic additive is added.

I had zero difficulties in application, and no reason to suspect less than advertised performance. My bus would bake before, at the first show of direct sun. Now the sides get hotter than the roof, which barely exhibits a temperature rise. Seems to hold heat in well too, but I used it to mitigate solar heating.

The stuff has actually been around for a few years, I'm not the first to use it in this application.

Didn't mean to mislead you, I said a couple years for comedic effect. :rofl:

[On the Road]

4. Wow -- Hell of a Lot Better Than Adding Lead

which does some of the same things.

I am going to try this. It costs $12 per gallon of paint, but sounds like it could be worth it. I have some rental houses, and repainting is a big expense.

Here's the link:

http://hytechsales.com/buy_ceramicadditive.html

On Edit: You can also buy a flame-retardant additive.

[On the Road]

10. They Have a LOT More Products That are Interesting

including flat roof sealant, acoustic coating, rust and fire protection, and soft masonry primer.

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

[jpak]

6. Thanks - I'm going to be painting my "camp" this summer

will seriously look into this....

[Dr.Phool]

8. I'm going to be painting the interior of my house soon.

I'm going to try some of this. Air conditioning bills in the summer are crazy.

I also used to sell tri-polymer foam insulation and radiant barriers. If I can spray a radian barrier in the attic roof, that'll be great.

Thanks for the link.

[Syncronaut Seven]

11. Interior use for retaining heat, exterior use for mitigating solar heating.

Best use would be on the roof mixed with snow roof coating. http://www.snowroof.com/

Also on south facing walls with regular exterior house paint.

And remember to prep your surfaces well. Even the best paint will fail if your lazy about prep.

[Javaman]

12. From my rudimentary knowledge of ceramic pots, that's how one makes

water proof pottery.

Take a ceramic pot (already cured). Smash it, pulverize it, then powder it. Then add the power to clay that is to be used for a new pot. When the new pot is thrown, backed and cured, it should be water proof.

This is also the principle behind a primitive form of refrigeration.

A waterproof pot "sleeved" inside a non-water proofed pot, the gap filled with sand then soaked with water. put a what you want to be kept cool inside and put your lid on.

Much like a primitive thermos.

[emmadoggy]

13. Wow, very interesting!

Thanks for this info. We have a wood deck on which we use a solid color stain. It is amazing how poorly the stuff holds up. We thought it would hold up for 2 years, or a little more, but have found we have to add a new coat basically every year if we want it to really look good. It's a pain in the *ss! I'm thinking this would be a great addition to our deck stain this year! We will also be needing to do some interior painting within the next year or two and I am going to give serious thought to adding it to our interior paint. Very cool! :)

[phantom power]

14. I wonder if they would work when embedded in roofing shingles?

Shame I didn't know about these a year ago, when we had our house painted.