[Greenbuilding] Whitewash for roofs?

[Benjamin Pratt]

I don't know how  it  would look or how toxic the stuff is, but one
could use the silver stuff used on mobile home roofs.

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Bob Waldrop <bwaldrop at cox.net> wrote:
> I was in a meeting the other day and someone asked me about the utility of
> white-washing roofs with traditional whitewash solutions.  Here’s basic info
> from wikipedia on the subject.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewash .
> The goal of course is to achieve the energy savings available from white
> roofs at a lower cost than conventional paints, even though it would have to
> be reapplied every few years.  I was wondering if anyone had had any actual
> experience with this.  I’m wondering how whitewash would adhere to asphalt
> shingles.  If this would work, it could be a boon to low income communities
> everywhere.
>
> Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City
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b e n j a m i n p r a t t

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the university of wisconsin stout