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41. And since you're painting, a package of insulating additive can, when mixed with your paint, help reduce heating and cooling expenses and deaden noise.

When an insulating additive is mixed into paint, the paint dries to a tightly packed layer - this tightly packed film reflects and dissipates heat by minimizing the path for the transfer of heat. The ceramic in the additive can reflect, refract, and block heat radiation. It can be mixed into ANY paint, coating, or composite including interior and exterior house paint, roof paint, solvent-based coatings, epoxy, and high-temperature paint.

Promising review: "I painted the south wall of my house and it changed the temperature of those rooms significantly. What used to be the hottest rooms in my house by two to three degrees are now one to two degrees cooler than the rest of the house. I plan to paint the rest of the house but we are having triple-digit weather this week." - Lorelei A. Macomber

Get it from Amazon for $20.54+ (available in six sizes).

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