Aluminet

Aluminet is a reflective mesh fabric (designed to be used on greenhouses) that does a great job of reflecting most sunlight while still allowing some airflow.

We've used Aluminet for the past few years as a shade cloth for our van. It allows us to sleep in despite the intense morning sun, but still get some breeze (especially with a fan).

It's strong. Sharp objects can poke holes in it, but tears don't develop. It does attract dust quickly, but that hasn't been a problem.

Our Aluminet is secured with rope using special clip-on grommets, but others have had success simply bunching up the corners and tying it in place.

We ordered our Aluminet 70% shade cloth some years ago from gothicarchgreenhouses.com . Our friends have had success with greenhousemegastore.com .

As of 2016, Amazon.com sells Aluminet 70% with grommets in place as “dog crate cover” material:

• Dog Crate Cover, 10x12 for $73 https://www.amazon.com/ProSelect-Solar-Crate-Canopies-Protective/dp/B000GDTRXC/
• Puppy Shade 14x10 for $90 https://www.amazon.com/Puppy-Aluminet-Shade-Cloth-Panels/dp/B00LG1C7RQ

Aluminet Clothing

Check out this article about a guy making Aluminet clothing !