Summer season is the most torturous of all seasons, especially in Bangalore, where in the last couple of years, the average temperature has risen beyond the norms. The city known for its wonderful ‘cool’ weather is no longer the same and Bengalurians are reeling under the heat, looking at ways to reduce the impact.
While many are opting for installing air conditioners and air coolers, taking several cold baths, downing cold beverages and maybe even drastic measures like leaving the city for a cooler climate, at least for a few days. These are again temporary fixes and does not solve the problem of global warming that is affecting us. In fact, the use of all cooling equipment only leads to more energy consumption, burning of fossil fuel, thus leading to a vicious cycle of adding heat back to the atmosphere.
Here’s an innovative and interesting way to ensure that all houses that have roofs exposed to sunlight can adopt. Yes, we are talking about ‘Heat Resistant Paints’, which can reduce heat in your home.
What are Heat Resistant Paints?
These are special paints that are heat reducing & ‘Energy Saving’ elastomeric coating composed of acrylic emulsion polymers, microspheres, properly selected & graded inert fillers, light fast & weather durable white pigments, additives & water as a medium. It is used as a heat insulating coating on building rooftops & exterior walls because it helps in reducing power consumption substantially by reducing the load on air-conditioners & keeps the interiors cool with an additional function of waterproofing. One can use the heat resistant black or white paint for the doors to maintain building temperature. One can also use the heat resistant primer for grills and windows.
Heat Resistant Paint
Benefits of Heat Resistant Paints:
Heat Resistant paint reflects sunlight to a greater extent and prevents the roofing materials from getting heated up, even in peak summer afternoons. The paint coating reflects and rejects UV and IR Rays, thus keeping the roof much cooler. The air below the roof never gets hot, keeping the rooms cool and comfortable. These paints are also known to have increased the life of buildings. Some studies and research also have proven that in air-conditioned areas, an attractive power saving of upto 40% can be noted during peak summer, by painting the roof with heat resistant paints. These paints are known to have almost achieved a temperature difference of 3-5 Degrees C.
How can I get my roof painted with Heat Resistant Paint?
Here are the simple steps that you can go through to get the heat resistant paint on your roof top. Depending on the area to be painted, the entire process could take upto 4 days, from start till end.
- Contact a reliable painter/painting services company and understand their approach to heat hesitant paint.
- Determine the time and box a slot with the service provider.
- The painter will first wash the entire area to be painted with a Pressure Wash
- Once that’s done they remove all debris and completely cleaning the roof. Wiping/Cleaning the roof.
- If the surface is not level, levelling has to be done to avoid seepage during rainy days.
- A coat of Primer paint is applied first and left to dry for about 3-4 hours.
- Post that two coats of heat resistant paint is applied and left to dry for about 6-7 hours for each coat.
- The maintenance of a roof painted with heat resistant paint is also fairly simple. It just needs to be swept n cleaned regularly to avoid formation fungus.
In case, you would like to know more about heat resistant paints or book Painting service for getting your roof painted with ‘Heat Resistant Paint’, get in touch with us.
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