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Therma-Guard is a simple, two part paint system designed to guard against heat loss. It insulates
and protects your walls from vapor condensation, and it's as simple as painting your walls.

The Radiant Barrier silver coating is applied first, providing a protective barrier from vapor condensation and to assist with blocking heat transfer.

The Ceramic Paint is applied over the Radiant Barrier coating to provide additional insulating value and it's white so you can leave it white or tint it to your liking, then cover your walls and ceilings.

TG Cells

Together, this system locks in your heat where you want in, and keeps out damaging water condensation.Step 1: Therma-Guard Silver Radiant Barrier Paint

Therma-Guard Radiant Barrier Coating has two dynamic properties to keep your home warm and dry. It stops heat from entering or escaping. It's purpose is to prevent heat "transfer" - that is the transfer of heat from a hotter object to a cooler one, like a drink does when it melts ice cubes. An example of this would be the

Our Radiant Barrier Coating contains pure aluminum pigment, which gives it a silver color and acts like that silver foil on the insulation batting. Only instead of tacking or stapling it down in your attic, all you need to do with Therma-Guard Radiant Barrier Coating is paint it on.

The second dynamic property of our Radiant Barrier Coating is that it acts as a Vapor Barrier to reduce moisture accumulation and penetration. The warm air inside your house contains water vapor, which can pass into the insulation, causing significant loss of insulating value. Additionally, if that moisture gets into the building structure of your home, it can cause a lot of other unwanted problems, like growth of mold and fungus, peeling paint and even rot the wood.

The Radiant Barrier Coating reduces the passage of water vapor, thereby reducing the potential for these associated problems. If you live in a cold climate, the Radiant Barrier Coating would be placed on the warm or the "live-in-side" of the space to be insulated. This location prevents the moisture in the warm indoor air from penetrating to the insulation, or even to the wood structure of the house. If you live in a warm climate, you would use the Radiant Barrier Coating on the outside, keeping the heat out and the cool in.

Therma-Guard Radiant Barrier Coating is latex based, which means it is non-toxic and has no volatile or flammable solvents, unlike some other sprayable paints on the market. It's also easy to cleanup. It's so simple to use and install, unlike foils, metalized plastic film or metalized "chips" - you just paint your walls. And, the best part is, it's extremely cost efficient.

Step 2: Therma-Guard Ceramic Paint
Therma-Guard white paint contains ceramic properties, so when you paint your walls with Therma-Guard, you are actually insulating your walls. Ceramics are used in every area of our life because they are strong, durable, non-corrosive, non-toxic, and lightweight. They have been used in the medical industry, the electronics industry, the telecommunications industry and even in space. And, Ceramics have long been known for their insulating and heat reflecting properties.

Even in biblical days, the peoples of the Middle East where the heat is damaging, knew to use ceramics to keep their items cool. For instance, a clay pot that has been fired will keep liquids cool if they are cool, and hot if they are hot. This is an example of a ceramic slowing down heat loss or heat transfer. Therma-Guard helps keep your hard earned dollars in your house, instead of heating the great outdoors. It's like adding a layer of insulation, only without the hassle or expense.

Therma-Guard Ceramic Paint comes in basic white, so you can add any color pigment to it to design your home the way you want. Therma-Guard is simple to apply as simple as painting your wall. The white component is a vinyl acrylic, which means it's not only easy to cleanup after you paint, but it's easy to keep it clean with just a wipe with a damp cloth. Because of it's ceramic content, it's tough and durable, so it will last for years. You can use it to paint your walls and ceilings. It contains an insulating ceramic that slows down heat loss and keeps the heat where you want it inside.

The Therma-Guard Paint System is the Perfect Solution For:

High Utility Bills
Un-insulated or poorly insulated homes
Uncomfortable Household Environments

Therma-Guard is:

Environmentally Friendly
Mildew and Ultraviolet Resistant
Easily Applied
Easy Clean Up
Durable and Long Lasting
Provides extra protection from vapor damage to walls and wood structure
Non-toxic
Easy to apply to duct work, pipes, barns storage buildings, animals shelters, attic space, underside

Therma-Guard Testimonials

Hot Boiler Pipes in Maryland

I wanted to see how effective Therma Guard insulating ceramics really were so I put it on the boiler pipes (2 barrier & 3 coats white) and generated heat to it's full

The temperature on the outside of the pipes was reduced by 45% ! The reduction rate has reduced the boiler run time from 2 hours down to 20 minutes ! I highly recommend your product.

Jeff Maris
Owings Mills, MD

Condo in Michigan
I have a small, one bedroom condo in Southfield Michigan. Last summer I got a $300 dollar power bill for this 1,000 sq ft condo! After repainting the ceiling and walls (1 silver,2 coats tinted white ceramic), I noticed I only used 2/3 the amount of gas last winter as I did the year before. I'm anticipating a great improvement this summer as well. As an added bonus, I did not hear my neighbors near as much as before after using your products. Thanks
Duane Cowery
Southfield, Michigan

We Beat the Texas Heat !
AWESOME! That's all I can say about Therma Guard products. I am building a new wood frame building here in Houston and decided to use Therma Guard products. We set-up temperature monitors inside the building so that we could compare before and after temps. Our first application was the spraying of the underside of the roof decking,. (barrier & 2 coats white) The interior temperature dropped a whopping 18 degrees !!! We sprayed the exterior walls with Therma Guard silver and tinted white and the interior temperature dropped another 7 degrees !
Lawrence Johnson
Houston, TX

Here are some other satisfied Therma-Guard users:
Army Corp of Engineers
US Forestry Service
Federal Aviation Administration
FEMA
Major industrial users
U.S. Government
N.Y. City Transportation Dept.
National Home Builders
And Home Owners Worldwide !

Buy Therma-Guard to save energy and money!

Therma Guard FAQs

Question: What is the "R" value?
Answer: R-values are measured by testing laboratories who use, ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) procedures. Existing test procedures require that the sample submitted be 1" thick therefore paints and coatings cannot be tested using established test methods.

We just do our egg test to prove how effective the barrier is and let our customers draw his or her own conclusions.

Question: Do ceramics keep from breathing?
Answer: A paint coatings ability to breath is known as "Permeability" which is a measurement of the rate that water or vapor will pass through a membrane. Ceramic filled paints do not restrict a "breath.

Question: What colors are available?
Answer: Therma Guard is a ready mixed paint and comes to you in a bright white, tintable base only. You can have the paints tinted locally to the color of your choosing in pastel and mid range colors. Our paints will accept all universal tints and this way you can see the exact color you are getting and make any necessary adjustments. Another option is to use TG Cells with your own locally bought paint.

Question: How much paint do I need?

Answer: You can figure that the average spread rate is 300 to 400 sq. ft per U.S. gallon over a fairly smooth surface. If you are painting over popcorn ceilings or rough Spanish style stucco, DOUBLE the amount of paint. Your actual spread rate will vary depending on the surface irregularities, porosity and material loss when mixing.

Question: Do Insulating paints work in the summer & winter months?

Answer: Yes! Heat outside is blocked from transfer to cool walls inside in the summer. The heat inside your home is blocked from escape toward the cold outside air in winter. A paint film of Therma Guard reflective ceramics will help slow this heat transfer in both directions to lower your cooling and heating bills.

What kind of paint can be used over the thermal paint?

Answer: Choose either the flat or the latex, whichever fits your needs. The insulating characteristics of your Therma Guard ceramics are unchanged.

How many coats of paint should I apply?

Answer: Therma Guard is a 2 part system. For best results, 1 coat of the silver radiant barrier and then 2 coats of white are recommended to insure an even distribution of the ceramics.

Should I use Insulating paint both inside and outside?

Answer: Yes! For the optimum in energy efficiency it is best to use Insulating paints both inside and out, however either application alone will increase your energy efficiency. Experience has shown the best value is to place the Therma Guard system on the warmer surface. ie: outside in southern climates and inside in northern climates.

Can I spray paint?

Answer: Yes! Simply remove all filters from your spray equipment (or they will strain out the additive) and use a slightly larger spray tip than normal. Recommended tip sizes are .019 - .025.

Does the paint contain harmful chemicals?

Answer: Therma Guard is free of all Volatile chemicals and toxins and is recognized as safe, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Non-toxic, odor free and environmentally friendly.

Question: Can I paint my attic with Insulating Paint?

Answer: Absolutely! By restricting the amount of heat allowed into your attic you reduce the load on your existing insulation making it more effective.

Question: Can we guarantee your utility bills will be cut by 30%, 40% or even 50%?

Answer: Absolutely not ! Anyone that tells you they can is not telling the truth. The results depend on how many areas of your home you apply the various products to, other considerations include, amount of attic ventilation, amount of air infiltration into your home, type of roofing materials, and on and on. We have several anecdotal statements from satisfied customers we can provide if requested. We can also assure you that for the 30-40 cents /sqft it costs to apply Therma Guard Insulating Paint you will not find a better solution to your high utility bills for that price.

Question: What is the difference between using TG Cells ceramic insulating additive and my paint vs. pre-mixed Therma Guard Insulating Paint?

Answer: To better understand the answer to this question you need to understand the basics of paint formulations.
Basic latex paint is nothing more than a pigment, water, a binder to hold it all together and additives which can be added to improve flow and leveling, eliminate bubbles, mildewcides etc.

Question: A paint formulators goals are to insure that
1.) There is sufficient pigment to make the paint cover well
2.) Sufficient binder to hold the pigment to the surface and give it durability and
3.) Enough vehicle, (water in latex paints and solvent in oil base paints) to insure easy flowing and workability.

The finished product is a balanced blend of the three basic ingredients quality depending on type of pigment used, amount of water and type of resin which is why there is quite a spread in paint prices.

TG Cells mixed with your top quality paint should perform equivalently. The main advantage you gain in adding TG Cells to your own paint is the reduced shipping costs and you actually gain a little more coverage area per gallon due to adding a little water. (See next FAQ) But you should still apply the silver radiant barrier coat first.

Question: How do I mix TG Cells with paint I buy locally ?

Answer: When you add the recommended 32 oz (by volume), 1 gallon package, per gallon to a can of ready mixed paint you are upsetting the balance of pigment vs. water that the formulator originally based his "recipe" on. This makes the paint thicker which requires the addition of water in order to insure easy flow and leveling, and you are requiring the binder or resin to hold into place a greater volume of pigment. It sounds pretty bad, but not really. First of all adding 1/2 to 1 pint of water to a gallon of paint is not going to make or break its properties. Ceramics being micro ball bearings will improve flow and leveling. The hard ceramic shell resists dirt pickup and improves durability.

NOTE: It is easiest to mix TG Cells with your paint in a 5 gallon bucket with a power stirrer.

Test Results: We took four different brands of medium priced interior wall paints and added 32 oz of Therma Guard ceramic additive, reduced the paints with 1/2 - 1 pint of water to bring back the original viscosity and performed side by side scrub tests to compare the original paint with the ceramic reinforced paint. In each and every case the ceramic filled paint outperformed the original paint !

Additional Info on Therma-Guard:

Barrier Coat -Acrylic Low-E, Radiant Barrier Coating

Description: Barrier Coat #85 is an insulating radiant barrier paint made of ground metallic aluminum pigment blended into an acrylic polymer vehicle along with the Insulating Ceramic. Barrier Coat is designed for use as a radiant barrier coating for attics and also a superior water vapor barrier when applied to side-walls preventing "in the wall" condensation buildup due to water vapor transmission.

The elimination of "in the wall" condensation improves existing insulation properties by keeping the insulation dry. Wall vapor barriers also eliminate peeling paint due to vapor transfer from inside to outside wall surfaces.

Tests show that Radiant barriers can reduce summer ceiling heat gains by up to 42 percent compared to an attic with the same insulation level and no radiant barrier. Barrier Coat boasts a pure 0% VOC pigment in an environmentally friendly water base formula.

Application: Barrier Coat #85 is supplied ready to use and may be applied by brush, roller, or conventional airless spray equipment. If spray applied all filters must be removed so as to not strain our the insulating ceramics, tip size .019-.021. Two coats are recommended with a short dry time between coats.

Coverage:
Coverage rates-250-300 sq ft per gallon.

Standard color is aluminum/ gray.

Clean Up:
Soap & Water. Should be done immediately.

Cure Times: When applied at conditions of 75° F (24° C) and 50% relative humidity, dries to the touch in 2 hours, and should reach final cure in 24 hours. Colder weather and/ or higher humidity will retard curing.

Click for our Airless Paint Spraying Guide

Insulating House Paint
Saves Energy

Therma Guard insulating house paint will protect, waterproof and seal while providing space age ceramic paint insulation technology. Our interior/ exterior ceramic house paints provide the ultimate in product performance and ease of application.

Features:
Environmentally friendly
Mildew and ultraviolet resistant
Formulated with the finest pigments and resins
Are free of lead, chromate and mercury hazards. Latex Ceramic House Paint Therma Guard Insulating flat is a very high hiding 100% acrylic insulating house paint that provides excellent durability on a variety of architectural surfaces.

Mildew and fade resistant, (Treated with fungicide to resist mildew growth on the product film), this paint is formulated to provide minimal spatter and excellent coverage. It hides minor surface imperfections and dries quickly to a smooth matt finish.

It's pre-mixed at the factory with insulating ceramics, simply open the can and apply a heat reflecting coating to your walls. Application is identical to ordinary flat house paint but with the added advantage of energy saving Therma-Guard ceramic microspheres and their insulating properties.

Features:
High Solids 100% acrylic vehicle
Heavy concentration of insulating ceramics.
Excellent Durability and scrub resistance
Stain and dirt resistant
Soft velvet flat finish
Exceptional hide and excellent touch-up
May be applied by brush, roller, conventional spray or airless spray.
Fast drying, 1-3 hours.
Very Low Odor
Spread Rate 200-400 Sq Ft per Gallon (depends on surface and application method)
Color: White, Can be tinted locally to pastel and mid range colors.
Recommend Uses and Application: For use on walls and ceilings over a wide variety of surfaces such as primed drywall, plaster, acoustical tiles, drop in ceiling panels, popcorn ceilings, concrete, stucco, brick, masonry, primed metal and wood.
Excellent for apartments, condominiums, warehouses, motels, offices and residential buildings.
Available in 1 Gal & 5 Gal buckets
(Standard paint color for all our paints is pure white which can be tinted to your choice of pastel and medium range paint colors at your local paint store.)

Therma Guard TG Cells
Insulating Additive for Paint

Q: What is the difference between using TG Cells insulating additive and my paint vs. pre-mixed Therma Guard White insulating paint? Please see the Therma Guard FAQs sheet for additional explanation of this question.

NOTE 1. Remember that Therma Guard was designed as a 2 part system. Use the silver radiant barrier coat first then the white (or your paint fortified with TG Cells).

NOTE 2. It is easiest to mix TG Cells with your paint in a 5 gallon bucket with a power stirrer.

Advantages of Therma Guard TG Cells Insulating Additive:
Economy

Being lightweight shipping fees are reduced.
No waste, use what you need now and store the remaining ceramic additive for future painting projects.

Convenience:
The ceramic additive can be stored indefinitely so it is always on hand for when you have the time to paint. Versatile: Therma Guard ceramics can be mixed into Any brand or type of paint, coating, mastic, adhesive, or cement base mixture such as stucco mix, tile grout and thin set, plaster, any product that needs improved insulating, sound deadening or increased

Advantages of Therma Guard Pre-Mixed Paint:
When we formulate a paint from scratch we are able to include a very high percentage of insulating ceramics to our blend with just enough other pigments to insure good covering and hiding power. Number 1 grade titanium is our pigment of choice due to its efficiency in scattering visible light, imparting whiteness, brightness, and high opacity. We minimize the water content and load our formulas with a very high concentration of resins each selected for the what is required of that paints application.

1. Higher concentration of ceramics for increased insulation and durability.
2. A higher percentage of long lasting resin than most other paints.
3. Minimum amount of water.
4. Economical, take the price of a gallon of premium quality paint, add the cost of an additive, the total is generally more than one of our pre-mixed Therma Guard insulating paints which gives you more insulating ceramics per square foot of applied product.
5. Convenience, no mixing, simply open the can and "Brush away your high "

Whatever your choice, adding TG Cells to your own paint or using Therma Guard pre-mixed insulating paints, the end result is you will be saving money on your heating and cooling bills, reducing sound and providing the painted surface with a durable long lasting ceramic finish.

With Therma-Guard - we provide the solutions...

You just need to apply them!

If you have more technical questions about Therma-Guard click below to see if your questions are answered in these detailed information pdf documents below:

Ceramic Coating Test Results - University of Nevada

MSDS for Radiant Barrier

Therma-Guard Info (comes with order)

More Therma-Guard Info

NOTE: You must buy both components and apply first Silver and then White for the application to work.

You will notice a new product called TG Cells. They are the same ceramic spheres contained in the silver and white paints. They can simply be mixed with whatever color and finish of paint you choose locally.

TG Cells give equivalent results to Therma Guard White, but you should still order the silver as the base coat. They sell as a 6 pack (1 pkg per gallon of paint) for $168. See complete price and shipping list below.

advancement of materials and process

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