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To: TexasGator

Aluminum bubble wrap is used for insulation.. We hang it on the inside of the sliding glass doors in summer.


37 posted on 08/10/2017 7:49:39 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Excellence

“Aluminum bubble wrap is used for insulation.. We hang it on the inside of the sliding glass doors in summer.”

It is a reflector, not an insulator.


41 posted on 08/10/2017 7:58:47 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Excellence
Aluminum bubble wrap is used for insulation..

It's not the aluminum that's doing the insulating. The insulation comes from the air trapped in the bubbles. The aluminum reflects the heat.

58 posted on 08/10/2017 8:53:25 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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