What is Insulating Paint?

Insulating paint additives can be used to create a ceramic paint finish that is durable, fire resistant, and reflects UV rays from the sun. Insulating paint can be used both inside and outside of the home for a variety of different projects including interior walls. Most insulating paint is created with the use of an additive that goes right into the paint of your choice to create a ceramic finish that is resistant to weathering, stains, and is stronger than paint alone.

Where Can you Use Insulating Paint?

Insulating paint can be used all over the house from the interior walls to the exterior walls. It's durable ceramic finish will last years longer than paint alone so in the end you will have to paint your home less often if you use insulated paint. Insulating paint when used on both interior and exterior walls can help to reduce your heating and cooling costs by keeping the warm or cool air in the home for longer.

What are the Pros of Using Insulation Paint In the Home?

As a homeowner with children it seems like I am constantly scrubbing the walls to get grimy fingerprints and other debris off of the paint inside the house. With regular paint, I have to repaint the walls at least once a year to cover up stains and to repair areas where I have scoured the walls and scraped paint away. Now, I use insulated paint in all of the main traffic areas of the home because it is even more durable than a high gloss paint and I don't have to repaint every few months.

For really large rooms that have a lot of open space, the use of insulated paint can also help to reduce the echo that is sometimes heard. The insulating paint will prevent a sound barrier in the room and it can also bar sound from escaping from room to room making the house seem quieter. Exterior insulation paint will also help to reduce the amount of exterior noise that makes its way into your home!

The Cons of Using Insulated Paint

The only thing that I really don't like about insulating paint is that it takes several coats to actually get the full effect of the ceramic paint finish. Instead of the normal one coat coverage that some paints give you, it seems like with insulating paint you have to apply at least 3 coats for maximum effects.

Another con to the insulating paint additives is that if you are using them in a dark paint color sometimes they will lighten the color a bit. I have noticed that they don't always lighten the color to a noticeable degree but with certain colors that are very dark it becomes a shade or so lighter. I've found two ways to fix this problem when using dark paint colors and insulating paint additive--either choose a color that is one shade darker to begin with so that when the additive makes it a bit lighter it's not noticeable or apply a few coats of the paint with the additive in it and then on the final coat use paint only without any of the insulating additive to get the color that you desire!