Corrugated asbestos paper was a Ruberoid and GAF product designed, in the company's words, "to be used alone or in the manufacture of other products."1 GAF's 1989 filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Asbestos Information Act, made for itself and The Ruberoid Co., says it was made by gluing flat sheets of asbestos paper, usually six pound paper, with silicate of soda to sheets of the same paper that had been corrugated with characteristic "Roman Arch" shaped corrugations.2 As the EPA published the account in 1990, it came in three types, with 4, 6 and 8 plies per inch, and 26 to 28 corrugations to the inch, and it was sold in 250 and 500 square foot rolls.1 Its constituents were those of the asbestos paper it was made from.1
GAF dates its asbestos paper and millboard products as a group: made by Ruberoid from 1928 to 1967, by General Aniline & Film Corporation in 1967, and by GAF Corporation from 1968 to 1981.1
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What each document says
Every statement about Corrugated asbestos paper (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “produced by Ruberoid from 1928 to 1967 ... and by GAF Corporation from 1968 to 1981”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Made until: “produced by Ruberoid from 1928 to 1967 ... and by GAF Corporation from 1968 to 1981”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Description: “made in three types: 4, 6 and 8 plies per inch; "Roman Arch" shaped corrugations, 26 to 28 to the inch”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Ingredient: “Its constituents were those of the asbestos paper from which it was constructed”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Form: “sold in 250 and 500 square foot rolls”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (1989)
- Description: “flat sheets of asbestos paper (usually six pound paper) adhered with silicate of soda to corrugated sheets of the same paper; "Roman Arch" corrugations, 26-28 to the width; 4, 6 or 8 plies per inch; sold in 250 and 500 square foot rolls”, p. 262
Kind of product
We list Corrugated asbestos paper (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)
Paper, felt and millboard by other makers (287)
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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
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
- GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 26.
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