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Aristo Insulation (GAF)

Aristo Insulation was a GAF corrugated asbestos paper product.1,2 GAF's 1989 filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Asbestos Information Act, made for itself and The Ruberoid Co., describes it as having carefully measured indentations and 23 to 25 laminations per inch of thickness, with a temperature limit of 700 to 750 degrees F.1,2

GAF said the years Aristo Insulation was made are unknown, except that it was listed for sale in and around 1940.1,2 A label or package for the product, read from a picture of it, carries the line "Manufacturers of Asphalt and Asbestos Building Materials."3

Related: Corrugated asbestos paper.

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Pictures

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What each document says

Every statement about Aristo Insulation (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.

GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (1989)

  • Sold from: “years of manufacture ... unknown, except that it was listed for sale in and around 1940”, p. 281
  • Description: “a corrugated asbestos paper product with carefully measured indentations and 23-25 laminations per inch of thickness; paper treated possibly with Bennett size”, p. 281
  • Temperature limit: “temperature limit was 700 degrees - 750 degrees F”, p. 281

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Sold from: “listed for sale in and around 1940”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
  • Temperature limit: “Its temperature limit was 700° to 750 °F”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
  • Description: “a corrugated asbestos paper product with carefully measured indentations and 23 to 25 laminations per inch of thickness”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82

Label: ARISTO INSULATING SIDING 1/2 SQUARE (THE RUBEROID Co.)

  • Asbestos content: “Manufacturers of Asphalt and Asbestos Building Materials”, p. 13

Label: Ruberoid Aristo Insulating Siding 1/2 Square (The Ruberoid Co.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: April 1, 1939”, said by The Ruberoid Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file4
  • Asbestos content: “Manufacturers of Asphalt and Asbestos Building Materials”, p. 14

Kind of product

We list Aristo Insulation (GAF) with paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.

Other paper, felt and millboard by GAF (12)

Millboard · Anti-Sweat Pipe Covering · Corrugated asbestos paper · Frost-Proof Pipe Covering · Range Boiler Jacket · Rollboard · Woolfelt · Air Vent · Air Vent Asphalt Felt · Asbestos Base Felt · Connectite · Gaftemp Roof Insulation

Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (287)

Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Alumco (American Lumber Company) · Alumino (Keene/Ehret) · Amber Loklube Style 1009A (Johns-Manville) · Amberlite (Keasbey & Mattison) · Ambestos Felt (Unarco) · Amoside Felt (Unarco) · Aqua Covering (Johns-Manville) · Armaturo Asb Paper (Johns-Manville) · Arp-40 (Johns-Manville) · Asbestocel Paper (Johns-Manville) · Asbestogard (Johns-Manville) · Asbestogard Felt (Johns-Manville) · Asbestol (Carbola Chemical Co.) · Asbestos (Celotex) · Asbestos (Gaf/Ruberoid) · and 267 more: all paper, felt and millboard

See also

  • GAF: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
  • GAF on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources

References

  1. GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 28.
  2. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
  3. Label: ARISTO INSULATING SIDING 1/2 SQUARE (THE RUBEROID Co.), p. 1.
  4. Label: Ruberoid Aristo Insulating Siding 1/2 Square (The Ruberoid Co.), Image.

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