Comments on: Ceramic Powder in Paint Slashes Energy Costs?

By: Chris F

Chris F — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:06:47 +0000

I’ve used several products from different manufacturers in the course of building custom homes. Had zero to poor results with Insuladd, HeatShield, and a few others. When I called for support, the two mentioned were either not real informed on their product or flat out rude.
Tried the Hy-Tech additive and had a measurable difference in the room I used it in. Painted the outside of the whole house next, and saved 84 dollars on the next electric cooling bill. Can’t paint my roof (homeowners assoc) but used the radiant barrier coating. Dropped my attic temps by 40 degrees!!
Spent a lot of time researching and trying different things, but I found what works well.

By: Fredric Trish

Fredric Trish — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:35:12 +0000

I think this write up was probably a good kick off to a potential series of posts about this topic. So many people act like they know what they are preaching about when it comes to this area and really, nearly no one actually get it. You seem to understand it though, so I think you should run with it. Thanks!

By: elliott

elliott — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:11:17 +0000

Note: We didnt go grab a Behr paint and add ceramic beads to it, be prepared to dish out close to $100/gal for less than 100 sq/ft coverage.

The paint listed above was manufactured and designed for that type of application.

I’d caution against anything otherwise.

By: elliott

elliott — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:04:34 +0000

Ceramic paint is for heat shielding applications, it absorbs heat very well. I work for an industrial coatings company, we’ve applied it to boilers and tanks.

As a specific example we put it on the exterior of a tank used to melt large amounts of chocolate for a chocolate manufacture, the chocolate inside would be heated causing the exterior of the tanks to be dangerous to touch. We sprayed a 1/4″ thick layer of ceramic paint. Which absorbed the heat from the tank to make the tank safe to touch while in operation.

Its like a latex paint but with a lot more body, can be put on with trowel or spray gun, not that fun to work with since it can be tricky, usually does not leave a good finish (bumpy, un-even due to applying such a thick coat). But it’s meant to be an insulation not a finish product. A neat product but not sure how much a thin layer (1-2 mils) of it will do on a wall.

It was explained to me that if you put a 1/4″ layer of the paint to a can with water than boiled the water you could pick up the cup easily.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:48:24 +0000

Hi all, I am glad I found this forum again as I want to be able to report my results as I have finally decided to do my own experiment. I put the material into pure white paint and painted a portion of the roof and it seemed to have an effect. However, because most white surfaces seem cool to the touch even after being in the sun all day I still question whether it was the white paint alone that had the effect so I want to know if it realy works by using a gray paint that will absorb heat from the sun. I have applied the additive from HY Tech into some Grey paint and painted two doors. According to the information it should not matter the color as it is forming a ‘vacuum’ barrier. I applied the paint in the metal primer gray to metal doors. I should know this after noon after the sun hits the doors if the energy is radiating through… I sanded with 80 grit orbital, scrubbed with degreaser, rinsed with clean water, spot primed the rust with fish oil primer, and then applied two coats of the product into the high quality Rustolium metal primer on all sides of the two doors ( Now that I think of it I did not do the very bottom edge nor the top edge, my mistake). I am going to know if it works or whether it is only white paint that has the value of reflecting energy back to source.

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By: Mike Michaels Platinum CS

Mike Michaels Platinum CS — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:44:53 +0000

Link for info on why ceramic paints work. http://www.hytechsales.com/heat_transfer.html

By: Mike Michaels Platinum CS

Mike Michaels Platinum CS — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:41:15 +0000

Wow with so much information on green energy saving products, you would think larger companies would have had ceramic paints readily available. New applications of products take time for public availability. Well let me say first ceramic paints do work. They are not new! There applications have been expanded widely from roof applications to both interior and exterior paints. I have enclosed this link that clearly explains how it works. We have been using ceramic additives for a few years, most for commercial applications and a few residential projects with great success. Thanks Mike from Platinum Construction Services.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:01:41 +0000

“I just found the info about the Insuladd product on the NASA web site. Do a search on “Spinoff 2007? and find info on joint venture products they have been involved with. This is the Hy-Tech product. It looks credible to me.”

Jim, I don’t think one product could have a better spokes person than a link on the NASA web page. Thanks for your input.

I am going to buy it and apply it. I will let you folks here know the results.

Thank you

By: evilsewingmachine

evilsewingmachine — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:36:31 +0000

After researching this for months….I am unimpressed. Big claims by these companies saying “Nano-thermos bottles in your paint!” You can buy this stuff at Tap plastics cheaper as cenoshperes, lightweight filler. Everyone’s got to make a living….. which reminds me, anyone interested in buying a bridge?