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Plia-F-Lex (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum))

Documents in our library describe Plia-F-Lex (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) as “board”.1 They give it as sold from 1960.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 600 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Plia-F-Lex (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)

  • Description: “Formed from asbestos and cement using high pressures. Hard smooth finish on one side. Weather resistant. Fireproof. Used as protective facing over insulation. Semi-rigid.”, p. 781
  • Asbestos content: “Asbestos Fiber and Cement”, p. 781
  • Temperature limit: “-50 to 600”, p. 781
  • Form: “Board”, p. 781

USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition)

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1960-10-28”, said by NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “ASBESTOS-CEMENT FLEXIBLE WALLBOARD”, said by NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office2
  • Description: “asbestos-cement sheet”, p. 1003

Kind of product

We list Plia-F-Lex (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) 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 Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum) (5)

Permaboard · Ripple Tone · Plasti-Clad · Plasticrylic · Woodrock

Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (378)

Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Pallite (Johns-Manville) · Panelbestos (GAF) · Panelstone (GAF) · Pare-Soleil (Atlas Asbestos) · Permatone (Johns-Manville) · Permatone S (Johns-Manville) · Permatone “S” Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Pliaboard (National Gypsum) · Pps (National Gypsum) · Prenite Packing (B.F. Goodrich) · Promenade Tile (Keasbey & Mattison) · Pyro-bestos (U.S. Gypsum) · Pyroboard (Keene/Ehret) · Qasal (Champion International) · Quinterra 71 (Johns-Manville) · and 358 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

References

  1. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 78.
  2. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (March 30, 1964). Not yet published in our library.
  3. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 100. Not yet published in our library.

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