Documents in our library describe Insul-finish (General Refractories) as “cement”.1 They give it as made from 1949.1,2 They put its asbestos content at 5%.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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If you or a family member worked with or around Insul-finish (General Refractories) and later developed mesothelioma or another asbestos disease, a claim may be paid by the Eagle-Picher Industries asbestos trust. Free case review.
What each document says
Every statement about Insul-finish (General Refractories) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Kind of product
We list Insul-finish (General Refractories) with insulating cement and coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers.
Other insulating cement and coatings by General Refractories (1)
Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (323)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Hi-stick (Eagle-Picher) · Hightemp #12 (Philip Carey) · Hilite (Combustion Engineering) · Hy Temp (Armstrong Cork) · Hy Temp (Keasbey & Mattison) · Hylo (Eagle-Picher) · Insul Mastic (Pure Asphalt) · Insulation Seal (Celotex) · Insulkote ET (Johns-Manville) · Insulkote ST (Johns-Manville) · Insulmastic (Armstrong Cork) · Insulseal (Eagle-Picher) · Insulstic (Eagle-Picher) · Johns-Manville Jm (Johns-Manville) · K & M (Nicolet) · and 303 more: all insulating cement and coatings
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 6.
- Travelers Asbestos Products Printout, July 1981 (July 1, 1981), p. 21.
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