Woolfelt was a wool or rag felt insulation from The Ruberoid Co. and GAF.1 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 1928 to approximately 1959.2 A 1990 EPA notice that published what GAF reported gives the same years.1
Both documents say the felt itself did not contain asbestos, but was sometimes sold with an asbestos paper liner or backing paper.1,2 One version, twin-purpose woolfelt, was sold with a liner of asphalt coated asbestos paper.1,2
See also Asbestos Paper.
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What each document says
Every statement about Woolfelt (GAF) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “manufactured from 1928 to approximately 1959”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Made until: “manufactured from 1928 to approximately 1959”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Description: “a wool or rag felt insulation ... did not contain asbestos, but was sometimes sold with an asbestos paper liner or backing paper”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 81
- Description: “Twin-purpose woolfelt was sold with a liner of asphalt coated asbestos paper”, 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)
Kind of product
We list Woolfelt (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)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Insubestos (Unarco) · Limpet (Keasbey & Mattison) · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Vulca-Dek (Monroe) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Wheeler (Wheeler Protective Apparel) · White Surface Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · White Top Asbestos Jacket (Philip Carey) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · X-l (Excelsior) · Yankee (Beacon Sales Company) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · #50 Asbestos Weatherproofing Felt (Johns-Manville) · 12# Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · 15A Asbestos Jacket (Johns-Manville) · 411 (Nicolet) · 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
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
- GAF Asbestos Information Act Submission (October 6, 1989), p. 28.
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