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Step 15Silver Aluminized Bubblewrap

Silver Aluminized Bubblewrap
These folks have covered their rooftop popup camper with aluminized bubblewrap to keep it cool. They've covered their ice chest (second photo) in the same stuff for the same reason.

Over the truck they've lashed together a frame of pipes to hold up a winter camo net.
A roof made from the silver bubblewrap would have made much better shade, and then they'd have been lounging right there under it in utter luxury.
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May 30, 2008. 12:26 AMRishnai says:
This is a brilliant idea. I should have thought of that! A few years ago when the air conditioning broke in the dorms at DU, though, some people put this stuff up in their windows to keep the hot out. I hear it worked.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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