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Great idea, the mylar sunscreen stuff. Matter-of-fact, I've got some - needed 
to
cover my front windows (west-facing) but it was blinding the neighbors, so I 
had
to take it down. I wonder about washability, though. You could, I s'pose cut 
it
to fit the bottom and inside sides of the bag, and attach it with velcro, 
same as
your scope.

Sandy

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:53:31 -0400, Viking wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> sanrico AT highdesert.com wrote:
> 
> > I'm thinkng about some sort of insulation, made from recyclable 
> > whatever, of course. I have yet to come home in recent days with 
> > anything resembling ice cream, and forget about live plants and such.
> >  Do packing peanuts have any insulating qualities? Bubblewrap? Any of
> >  that kind of stuff that one accumulates and never finds a use for?
> > 
> > Sandy
> 
> I have been thinking about the same thing.  We are 30 minutes from the
> grocery store, and since my groceries go into the back of the truck, I
> often worry about keeping things cold enough for the ride home.  Here's
> my idea..
> You know those sunshade thingies that people use in their cars?  We used
> one to make a dew shield for our telescope.  We cut it to size, used
> spray adhesive to attach some black cloth on one side, and we secure it
> to the scope with velcro.  It works great to keep the scope just above
> the dewpoint.  Anyway, the kind we have has some kind of bubblewrap core
> with a mylar type coat-it's shiny on the outside. I had no trouble
> sewing through it when I made the dewshield, so I know it would work as
> a decent insulator in a homemade bag, or even for the bag itself since
> it is stiff enough to hold a box shape.  Maybe you could get some off
> freecycle or out of a junkyard or something..
> 
> Bev
> -- 
> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net        BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW Georgia 
> USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N       85.076W
> 
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