Documents in our library describe Weldgard (H. K. Porter) as “cloth”.1 They give it as sold from 1975.2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Weldgard (H. K. Porter) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
- Form: “CLOTH”, p. 91
Product: Weldgard wrapped cloth roll (H.K. Porter Company, Inc.), Image
- Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: January 28, 1975”, said by H.K. Porter Company, Inc., as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file2
Asbestos Magazine, 1979, August 1979
- Description: “the many-colored GARDIAN line which includes CLEANGARD, WELDGARD, FIREGARD and SOUNDGARD”, said by H. K. Porter Company, Inc., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 423
Kind of product
We list Weldgard (H. K. Porter) with cloth, tape and other textiles, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Welders.
Other cloth, tape and other textiles by H. K. Porter (22)
Cleangard · Flamegard · Guardian · Porterlag · Portersite · Style 5621 Asbestos Wick · Tadpole · Therm-a-gard · Thermoid Custom Lag · Type 2 Porter Tape · Type 4 Porter Tape · Type 6 Porter Tape · Aluminum Coated Asbestos Cloth · Covergard · Heatgard · Hi-Luster · Inslgard · Rwl-100 · Soundgard · Splashgard · and 2 more on the company's page
Cloth, tape and other textiles by other makers (279)
Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Pyrotex (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Thermobestos pipe covering · Novabestos (Raybestos-Manhattan) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Unarco Type SF (Unarco) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Cloth (Johns-Manville) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tape (Johns-Manville) · Underwriter's Grade Asbestos Tubing (Johns-Manville) · Uniroyal (United States Rubber) · Variflex (A.P.G. Hewitt Hose) · Wearbestos (Johns-Manville) · Weldgard (Southern Asbestos Co.) · Weldproff (Car-mon Products) · Weldwood (U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers) · Wheeler (Wheeler Protective Apparel) · X-250 Expansion A (Johns-Manville) · X-275 (Johns-Manville) · X-l (Excelsior) · "Not A Kick In A Million Feet" (Lehon) · and 259 more: all cloth, tape and other textiles
See also
- H. K. Porter: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- H. K. Porter on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
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