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Old 03-21-21, 04:26 AM   #5
jeff5may
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We finally got a clear day that wasn't windy. I got the small one about whipped together today. A buddy had a bunch of wood shelving this week, and I grabbed half a truckload of it from him. So the back of the panel is gonna be 5/8 x 12 inch slats of particle board. He had solid wood, but I traded it to hotrod guy for the plastic store signs.

Next layer up is the polyiso, then the plastic sign collector, top is gonna be classic single storm window pane in aluminum frame. Yes, they'll butt up fine, I just have to remove the spring loaded latches and pins from the corners.

All this sandwich is wrapped in the steel stud channels. The small collector absorber is gonna be corrugated galvanized steel roof, painted BBQ grill flat black. Paint was a toss up between engine paint and BBQ paint. Engine paint can said use primer and don't eat it. BBQ paint said wire brush, rinse, dry, spray. Non stinky, non poisonous. Hopefully that means no off gas after the initial dry and bake cycle.
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