Cowl heat shield

[wirejock]

I see lots of threads on cowl heat protection but the links are all broken. My cowlnis sealed with epoxy then painted with 2K epoxy primer. I still want to protect the hot zones.
The consensus seems to be 1/8" fiberfrax mirroring the exhaust pipes with some sort of self adhesive aluminum foil.
Is 1/8" the thickness? How wide?
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/fiberfrax.php
Is this the aluminum foil stuff?
https://store.vansaircraft.com/ea-exhst-cowl-shldx5-ea-exhst-cowl-shldx5.html

 

[DanH]

1/8", about 4" wide. Yes, that's the foil.

Been on there 12 years. I use it on the variable exit panel too, and it's very close to the header.
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[motodave]

Larry,
I used a combination of the stuff Van's sells and down near the exhaust pipes used a self adhesive heat barrier from Spruce that's thicker https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/heatbarriers.php?clickkey=14923 I edged everything with the HVAC tape from Ace. Has been working well for me:

Heat protection added to cowl by Dave Hock, on Flickr

 

[Bavafa]

I have used 1/16 fiberfrax and the foil with great result. The cowl stays cool to touch after landing.

 

[wirejock]

Looks like the aluminum tape stuff is on backorder. No disrespect to Vans, but I don't want to wait an indefinite time.
Does anyone know of another source for the stuff?
Edit
This looks like the stuff
url]https://a.co/d/6i4soz7[/url]

 

[Ralph Inkster]

Put some on order from Vans, while you are waiting, you could cover the hot spots with strips of 2" aluminum self adhesive tape found in your local Home Depot - Heating & ducting section. Go for the solid aluminum tape, not the plastic/aluminum stuff.

 

[rocketman1988]

Mcmaster

Mcmaster is a good source.

 

[wirejock]

Backordee

The stuff I posted can't be right. 2mil thick is way too thin.
I placed the order with Vans.
Hurry up and wait.