<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi, Ben--</div><div><br></div><div>Paint may improve reflectivity but not emissivity of asphalt, so it will still get hot. <br><br>Best, Mike<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><br>On Jun 7, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Benjamin Pratt <<a href="mailto:benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com">benjamin.g.pratt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">My garage has an almost flat black tar roof. It gets really hot in the summer, but I need to work in there, I know I can buy a silver coating and there is a white coating (but it says it won't work where the water puddles), What about painting it? Would regular oil based or water based paint work? I believe I can get free paint at the recycling center. </div><div class="gmail_extra">Anyone tried it? I googled it and haven't found much. It looks like the paint that accidentally spilled on the roof is holding up just fine...</div><div class="gmail_extra">Ben<br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">b e n j a m i n p r a t t</span><br></div><div><br>professor art+design</div><div>the university of wisconsin stout</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Erin Rasmussen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erin@trmiles.com" target="_blank">erin@trmiles.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">So this is neat, and seems like something all y'all maybe interested in:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">New natural wood fungicide that can be used safely on the inside of buildings. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">More at the Forest Products Lab web site:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=24802" target="_blank">http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=24802</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Erin Rasmussen<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">TR Miles Technical Consultants Inc. <a href="http://www.trmiles.com/" target="_blank">http://www.trmiles.com/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">and BioEnergy Discussion Lists <a href="http://www.bioenergylists.org/" target="_blank">http://www.bioenergylists.org/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:erin@trmiles.com" target="_blank">erin@trmiles.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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