martinandanne
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My new Class C has a skylight in the shower. It's an opaque plastic dome type skylight. I don't want to block the light entirely and a cover on the interior is not really a workable option. Does anyone know of any kind of semi-opaque paint that I could apply to the exterior of the dome to limit the light and heat transmission to the interior of the MH?
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Martin,
I took a piece of 1/4" luan plywood and cut out to fit just inside the frame of the sylight. I painted it white to match the skylight frame color. It gets held in place by velcro in four corners.
I leave it up on hot days. Works great! If we want light, simply pull it off with an attached knob I installed in the center of it.
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We still like some light to come in our skylight, so we had a piece of screen made to fit and snap in place. It is made of the same material used to make the windshield screen on our motorhome. If it gets extremely hot (which is known to happen in the south ) we put one of those auto windshield reflective screens above the one that is snapped in.
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Economical Handyman
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I painted ours with Kraylon paint that is made for plastic.
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2Rovers wrote:We still like some light to come in our skylight, so we had a piece of screen made to fit and snap in place. It is made of the same material used to make the windshield screen on our motorhome. If it gets extremely hot (which is known to happen in the south ) we put one of those auto windshield reflective screens above the one that is snapped in.
That's a great idea!
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Thanks Hornet..... incidentally, we did the same thing with the vent fan over the bathroom.
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I painted ours too. I had a different agenda though. I wanted to keep ALL the light out. I painted the outside of it with Krylon for plastics paint. I put 2 coats of white on first then 3 coats of black to block out the light then 2 coats of white on top for looks and reflection. Looks good and no light enters the unit. I painted the living area vent cover the same way.
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martinandanne wrote:My new Class C has a skylight in the shower. It's an opaque plastic dome type skylight. I don't want to block the light entirely and a cover on the interior is not really a workable option. Does anyone know of any kind of semi-opaque paint that I could apply to the exterior of the dome to limit the light and heat transmission to the interior of the MH?
Thanks
Martin
Use white plastic like the type used to cover ceiling lights in offices. It will dull the light and turn it into dual glaze.
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martinandanne
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davidj54 wrote:I painted ours too. I had a different agenda though. I wanted to keep ALL the light out. I painted the outside of it with Krylon for plastics paint. I put 2 coats of white on first then 3 coats of black to block out the light then 2 coats of white on top for looks and reflection. Looks good and no light enters the unit. I painted the living area vent cover the same way.
How long ago did you do this? How is it holding up to being exposed outdoors?
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I have the same problem with mine. I am going to be using VHT Niteshades. It's a spray on paint. I have used it to tint many car taillights and so on. It holds up VERY well. Depending on how many coats you put on, determines on how dark it will be.
One coat it will be slightly tinted and up to 5 coats it will be pretty dark, but it is up to you to find your happy medium.
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