Sponge Felt was an insulation from The Ruberoid Co. and GAF, made of asbestos sponge paper.1,2 In its 1989 filing with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Asbestos Information Act, made for itself and The Ruberoid Co., GAF said it was manufactured from 1936 to approximately 1960, and consisted of "asbestos sponge paper made by imbedding small pieces of sponge into asbestos paper."1 Its temperature limit was 750 degrees F.1
A 1990 EPA notice that published what GAF reported gives the same years, description and temperature limit, and adds that it came in 36" wide rolls, sheets, and blocks.2
See also Asbestos Paper.
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What each document says
Every statement about Sponge Felt (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.
GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (1989)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “manufactured from 1936 to approximately 1960”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Made until: “manufactured from 1936 to approximately 1960”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Description: “asbestos sponge paper made by imbedding small pieces of sponge into asbestos paper”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Form: “sold in 36" wide rolls, sheets, and blocks”, 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 750 °F”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
Kind of product
We list Sponge Felt (GAF) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by GAF (19)
Watcocell · Imperial · Air Cell · Color-tex · Panelstone · Eternit · Stratalite · American Thatch · Clipfast · Dura Shake · Dura-Color · Duracolor · Duroc · Dutch Lap · Eternit Stonewall · Panelbestos · Stoneglow · Stonewall Board · Vanguard
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (364)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Shake Shield (Philip Carey) · Shake-Tex (maker not given) · Shasta Snow (Philip Carey) · Sheetflextos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum) · Sheetrock RH Fillers (U.S. Gypsum) · Siding Shingles (U.S. Gypsum) · Stonewall (Ruberoid) · Stri-Color (Flintkote) · Stride (Supradur) · Strytex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Submarine Bulkhead (Johns-Manville) · Super Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Super Temp-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Superex 2000 (Johns-Manville) · and 344 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
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
- GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 28.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
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