Thermal paint?
Thermal paint?
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Hello
Any one with good experience with thermal paint in air conditioning pipe systems? we are having some problems of water condensation in our just installed system as you can see in the attached picture
Any one with good experience with thermal paint in air conditioning pipe systems? we are having some problems of water condensation in our just installed system as you can see in the attached picture





RE: Thermal paint?
Paint in normal thickness never will have a significant R-value.
RE: Thermal paint?
Walt
RE: Thermal paint?
RE: Thermal paint?
What is on the metal framing? AHU?
Is that a metal condensate drain pipe and the source of the water? If so, it needs insulation with vapor barrier. Just painting won't be enough. As EnergyProfessional said, paint is not going to have enough R-value to prevent condensation.
RE: Thermal paint?
RossABQ - which products have you seen compelling data for? I'd love to review - My gut/uninformed opinion tells me these products are snake oil. As the other commentators note a thin layer is not going to have a significant R value.
I would have put a drip tray under the AHU/CRAC or whatever it is. You could form one with angle iron & mastic.
RE: Thermal paint?
"Compelling" to a salesman is different from "really compelling".