Documents in our library describe Hydrocord (Armstrong Cork) as “asbestos fiber felt (backing for floor tiles)”.1 They give it as made 1955–1983.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Hydrocord (Armstrong Cork) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos fiber felt (backing for floor tiles)” (as of 1969), p. 841
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced 1955 to 1983 by Armstrong”, said by Armstrong World Industries, Inc., as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Made until: “produced 1955 to 1983 by Armstrong”, said by Armstrong World Industries, Inc., as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
- Description: “a lining felt and backing for sheet vinyl made of non-friable material”, said by Armstrong World Industries, Inc., as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 52
Kind of product
We list Hydrocord (Armstrong Cork) with paper, felt and millboard and floor tile, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Flooring Installers.
Other paper, felt and millboard by Armstrong Cork (7)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (292)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Grosscell (Philip Carey) · Gum-Bestos Asbestos Paper Tape (Grant Wilson) · Herco (John Herman) · High Strength Fibroid Asbestos Paper (Johns-Manville) · High Temperature Flexible Min-k Blankets (Johns-Manville) · Homart (Sears) · Houservice (O'Neill Lumber Co.) · Insubestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Insul-attic (Nicolet) · J-m Built-up Roof (Johns-Manville) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · K & M 101 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K & M 104 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K & M 201 (Keasbey & Mattison) · K&M Best in Asbestos (Keasbey & Mattison) · and 272 more: all paper, felt and millboard
Other floor tile by Armstrong Cork (23)
Excelon (some styles) · Excelon · Chancery · Chandelle · Corlon, Aprina · Corlon, Mantina · Corlon, Norager · Corlon, Pirelle · Corlon, Serenada · Corlon, Tessera · Custom Excelon Tile, Voltaire · Excelon Feature · Imperial Excelon · Imperial Modern Excelon · Montrel Excelon · Palatial · Place'N Press Excelon Tile, Chancery · Presidential Excelon · Standard Excelon · Styletone · and 3 more on the company's page
Floor tile by other makers (175)
Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Agate Chip (Kentile) · Debonair (Kentile) · Marrakech (Johns-Manville) · Au Naturel (Kentile) · Flexslate (Flintkote) · Flexstone Mineral Surfaced Asbestos Roofing (Johns-Manville) · Flintkote Peel & Stick (Flintkote) · Fontenay (Congoleum) · Gf-8 Tile Cement (Flintkote) · Holland Tile (Kentile) · Homart (Sears) · Industro-Tile (Philip Carey) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · Kensert (David E. Kennedy) · La Paz (J.C. Penney) · La Paz Pattern (J.C. Penney) · Lombeau Parquet (Johns-Manville) · Lunette (Johns-Manville) · Marbleized (GAF) · and 155 more: all floor tile
See also
- Armstrong Cork: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Armstrong Cork on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 84. Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 5.
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