You will need zinc chromate (not certain on the spelling) if you want paint to stick to aluminum, as I understand it.
Plato seems wrong to me today On Jan 30, 2015 6:18 AM, "hal muskat" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does the quality of the house paint (for edges) matter greatly? Could > there be any paint flaking on playa? > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:24 PM, Dan March <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Hal & Everyone ~ > > I'm declaring my experiment with using house paint to seal the edges of > R-Max against flaking off & making moop a "reasonable success." Assuming > you treat your yurt reasonably, I think it should be OK to paint the edges > instead of taping them. Obviously, in the classic design you still create > tape hinges to join sections. If you miter edges, all the hinges are > "straight across" rather than "around the corner" (which creates the > infamous valley problem in roofs but also covers edges). > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:40 PM, hal muskat <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Eric, good questions. >> >> I don’t know of space, easily, where you could get set up. Perhaps >> AmSteel or Nimby would let you have some space. >> >> However, on the playa, we use a rope halo to secure the roof cone, via >> other strands of rope, to rebar. On cement, this is not possible. You’d >> have to use some weight, water or sand. >> >> We may be hosting a workshop in early summer, in the E. Bay. There’ll be >> an announcement here, as well as Black Rock Hexayurt’s FB page. >> >> You don’t really want to paint the outside. For interiors, use a paint >> that will adhere to the alum coating. >> >> Peace, Hal >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2015, at 3:57 PM, eric conner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Newbie here, 2015 will be my first burn. I stumbled across a thread on >> hexayurts and decided that I have to build one. >> >> A couple of questions: >> >> 1) Can anyone recommend a good space to test a build in the Bay Area? >> Ideally I'd be able to erect the yurt and stay in it over a weekend as a >> test run. I live in a tiny apartment in the city and have no space to >> experiment with nearby. >> >> 2) What is the consensus on painting one of these? I know paint will >> reduce the heat resistance of the insulation by some amount, but are there >> other practical risks to painting? And if not, what kind of paint would be >> ideal? >> >> Thanks! >> -Eric >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "hexayurt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hexayurt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
