Camperizing - Insulation

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Jordan
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Camperizing - Insulation

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Insulation is a major issue in these little metal boxes that some of us choose to sleep in. I am (slowly) camperizing my rig for winter camping/boondocking but before I address any other mods or issues for the interior the insulation needs to be dealt with.

I am leaning towards mixing ceramic microbeads (http://www.hytechsales.com/insulating_p ... tives.html) with rockerguard 1:1 then rolling/brushing it on my entire interior, I currently have foil backed bubble insulation cut out for my windows, I pondered cutting/pasting it on my panels but am hesitant to use an adhesive as I don't want to deal with peeling etc.

I was wondering what others are doing for insulation solutions. Any major projects on my truck are postponed until spring due to a lack of a covered workspace so by the time I'm ready to insulate maybe I'll have better ideas.
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Re: Camperizing - Insulation

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At first I took care of the road noise: http://dinoevo.de/2010/11/sound-dampening/ and then started the thermal insulation with high-density Neoprene http://dinoevo.de/2010/12/roof-insulation/
Still haven't done the rest of the van. Personally I don't think this paint will have the same effect as any closed cell foam. To get a proper insulation you need to get rid off as many bridges from the cold outside body panel to the warmer inside panels. Also I think you probably will have still a lot of condensation going on with just a thin layer of paint compare to thicker insulation material.
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