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Watcocell (GAF)

Watcocell was a corrugated asbestos paper insulation of The Ruberoid Co., whose products GAF later reported on.1,2 In its 1989 report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, filed for itself and Ruberoid, and in the EPA's 1990 notice publishing it, GAF said the product was made under three names: as Watcocel from 1928 to 1934, as Supercell from 1935 to 1942, and as Watcocell from 1942 to 1960.1,2

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The names in Ruberoid's own papers

A January 1931 Ruberoid ad in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, lists Watcocel Brand sectional pipe coverings and lagging blocks among its asbestos building products.3 In January 1935 the Ruberoid-Watson Insulation Division advertised itself in the magazine as the creator of "Supercell, the new low pressure pipe covering."4 The magazine's trade marks column of January 1936 shows that Ruberoid had filed for both "Watcocell" and "Super Cell," for asbestos pipe covering, on October 19, 1935.5 So Ruberoid filed for the Watcocell name in 1935, although GAF's account has the product made under that name only from 1942.2,5

What it was like

GAF said Watcocell was sold in rolls, sheets and blocks.1 In the 8-ply-per-inch version the corrugations were 1/16" thick, and in the 6-ply version about 1/8".1 GAF gave its temperature limit as 250°F.1,2

Related: Air Cell.

Asbestos claims

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What each document says

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

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “manufactured as Watcocel from 1928”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
  • Made until: “as Watcocell from 1942 to 1960”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
  • Description: “8-ply per inch: corrugations 1/16" thick; 6-ply: about 1/8"”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
  • Temperature limit: “Watcocell's temperature limit was 250 °F”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
  • Form: “sold in rolls, sheets, and blocks”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
  • Description: “Watocell was a corrugated asbestos paper product”, 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)

  • Made from: “manufactured as Watcocel from 1928 to 1934, as Supercell from 1935 to 1942 and as Watcocell from 1942 to 1960”, p. 272
  • Made until: “as Watcocell from 1942 to 1960”, p. 272
  • Temperature limit: “temperature limit was 250 degrees F”, p. 272

Asbestos Magazine, 1931, January 1931

  • Sold from: “Watcocel Brand offered by The Ruberoid Co. (January 1931)”, p. 623
  • Form: “Watcocel Brand sectional pipe coverings and lagging blocks”, p. 623

Asbestos Magazine, 1935, January 1935

  • Sold from: “Supercell, the new low pressure pipe covering (January 1935)”, p. 424
  • Use: “low pressure pipe covering”, p. 424
  • Description: “Supercell, the new low pressure pipe covering, created by the Ruberoid-Watson Insulation Division”, p. 424

Asbestos Magazine, 1936, January 1936

  • Description: “Super Cell. Serial No. 370,583. The Ruberoid Co. ... For Asbestos Pipe Covering”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), Trade Marks column (information from the National Trade Mark Co.), p. 395
  • Description: “Watcocell. Serial No. 370,582. The Ruberoid Co. ... For Asbestos Pipe Covering”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), Trade Marks column (information from the National Trade Mark Co.), p. 395
  • Description: “Asbestos Pipe Covering”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 395

Kind of product

We list Watcocell (GAF) with pipe covering and block insulation and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other pipe covering and block insulation by GAF (6)

Calsilite · Imperial · Air Cell · Calsilite-Hi · Calsilite Insulation Cement · Gaf Hylo

Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (270)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Unibestos 1200 (Unarco) · Unibestos 750 (Unarco) · V-dent (Nicolet) · V-Dent (Norristown Magnesia & Asbestos) · Vercel (Eagle-Picher) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Weber's HT (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Webers 48 (Forty-Eight Insulations) · White Surface Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · York Asbestos (York Insulation) · Zebra (Keasbey & Mattison) · Zebra (Nicolet) · Zerogloss (Johns-Manville) · and 250 more: all pipe covering and block insulation

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by GAF (19)

Imperial · Air Cell · Color-tex · Panelstone · Sponge Felt · 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.) · Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · Veneered Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Vitramic (maker not given) · Vitramic (Ruberoid) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Woodrock (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Woodrock (National Gypsum) · Xxx Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Xxx Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · 'Century' Apac (Keasbey & Mattison) · 101 (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

  1. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
  2. GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 27.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1931, January 1931 (January 1, 1931), p. 62.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1935, January 1935 (January 1, 1935), p. 42.
  5. Asbestos Magazine, 1936, January 1936 (January 1, 1936), p. 39.

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