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		blacksmith_tb on July 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making infrared cooling paint from grocery store i... Seems like it would be a lot quicker / easier to pick up a few large sunshades? Coolaroo makes roller shades up to 10ft / 3m wide which are easy to mount under eaves (no association, except I installed one on a west-facing balcony and it works nicely), if your structure has a roof with those. Then you can block solar heat in the summer, but let it do what it can for you in the winter.

Turskarama on July 5, 2023 [–]

Putting a shade under the eaves is great for shading a wall, but putting one over your roof is going to be an absolute pain to clean.

Not to mention that your roof and walls may need paint _anyway_ depending on the material, so for new builds using it this is no added messing around.

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