Most schist contains the mineral mica and is called mica schist. Schist is often used as a guide to measure specific sizes and dimensions of objects. Before the 18th century, schist, shale, and slate were used interchangeably to describe the same rock.chist Rock Facts. Schist is a metamorphic rock that contains flakes of mica. Schist can originate as a sedimentary rock or igneous rock. It can contain different miners. Interesting Schist Rock Facts:
1 Insulating the garage overhead door is another way of cooling the garage in the summer and keeping the space warmer in the winter. 2  For an uninsulated metal door add a two-inch thick layer of rigid insulation attached to the inside of each panel with contact cement.
California Paint makes a Grip Coat Bonding agent or primer that's supposed to bond to any surface including metal, vinyl, glass, aluminum and copper. We will use this as a base coat of course after properly prepping the garage doors which includes scraping all the loose, chipping or peeling paint and sanding scuffing up the doors. This is an acrylic paint and can withstand up to 160 degrees of heat. I highly doubt that the sun will bring the temperature even remotely that high so that shouldn't be a problem. We are also going to do an adhesion test before painting the doors. to make sure it will adhere properly.