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Asbestile (Johns-Manville)

Asbestile was a Johns-Manville name that the documents attach to more than one kind of material, and they may not be the same product.1,2,3

In 1928 and 1929, J-M's employee magazine described Asbestile as a wall finish: Asbestile in the kitchen and bathrooms of a J-M steel frame house in Pittsburgh, and Asbestile wainscoting on the rest room walls of a Standard Oil of Ohio filling station.1,4 In 1930, a J-M staff manager writing in the same magazine recommended "special ready-mixed Asbestile" on masonry flues to keep cold air from leaking in.2

A 1990 EPA notice that published what Manville reported describes Asbestile as an asbestos bitumen cement, a black thick liquid packed in cans, pails or drums, produced from 1952 to 1984.3 That notice gives one asbestos range for a group of bitumen cements, Asbestile among them: 5 to 10 percent asbestos fiber.3

An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, gives a different span: Asbestile, listed as a cement, made from 1930 to 1958.5 The documents don't explain the difference.3,5

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What each document says

Every statement about Asbestile (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.

The J-M Circle, 1928, September 1928

  • Use: “Asbestile in kitchen and bath rooms of a steel frame house”, p. 81

The J-M Circle, 1930, February 1930

  • Use: “special ready-mixed Asbestile applied on masonry flues to prevent infiltration of cold air”, said by F. C. Ryan (J-M Staff Manager, Non-Ferrous Metals Section), as recorded by The J-M Circle, p. 72

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

  • Made from: “produced 1952 to 1984”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA (Federal Register), p. 143
  • Made until: “produced 1952 to 1984”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA (Federal Register), p. 143
  • Description: “asbestos bitumen cement; black thick liquid, packaged in cans, pails, or drums”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA (Federal Register), p. 143
  • Asbestos content: “contained asbestos fiber, 5 to 10%”, said by Manville Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA (Federal Register), p. 143

The J-M Circle, 1929, February 1929

  • Use: “Asbestile wainscoting on rest room walls of a Standard Oil of Ohio filling station” (sales to Standard Oil Company of Ohio), p. 54

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “30”, p. 35
  • Made until: “58”, p. 35
  • Form: “CEMENT”, p. 35

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

  • Sold from: “first used in commerce 1910-07”, said by H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office6
  • Description: “ASBESTILE LIQUID CEMENT AND ASBESTILE FIBROUS MINERAL COMBINED TO FORM ASBESTILE FLASHING AND ROOF CEMENT”, said by H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO., as recorded by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office6

Label: J-M Asbestile Fibrous Mineral tag (H. W. Johns-Manville Co.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July, 1910”, said by H.W. Johns-Manville Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file7
  • Asbestos content: “ASBESTILE FIBROUS MINERAL; Directions for Mixing Asbestile; Asbestile Liquid Cement; Asbestile Fibrous Mineral”, p. 17

Label: Asbestile Cement, 55-gallon container (Johns-Manville), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July, 1910”, said by H.W. Johns-Manville Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file8
  • Asbestos content: “JOHNS-MANVILLE ASBESTILE CEMENT A high-strength, troweled asphalt cement reinforced with asbestos fibers; Contains Asphalt, Mineral Spirits, Selected Asbestos Fibers, Special Mineral Stabilizers; J-M Asbestile Flashing System for Bonded Built-Up Roofs”, p. 18

Label: J-M Asbestile Liquid Cement (H. W. Johns-Manville Co.), Image

  • Sold from: “Date of First Use in Commerce: July, 1910”, said by H.W. Johns-Manville Company, as recorded by U.S. Patent Office trademark file9
  • Asbestos content: “J-M ASBESTILE LIQUID CEMENT; DIRECTIONS FOR MIXING ASBESTILE; Use a large size pail. Take six quarts of Asbestile Liquid Cement. Weigh out 21 lbs. Asbestile Fibrous Mineral.”, p. 19

Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (1989)

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1930”, p. 10010
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1982”, p. 10010
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 10010
  • Asbestos content: “8.2 - 21.8 % fiber by weight”, p. 10010
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 10010
  • Description: “A heavy bodied cement of asbestos fibers, asphalt, and other mineral ingredients”, p. 8210
  • Form: “Cement”, p. 10010
  • Use: “specifically designed for sealing flashings with a watertight bond”, p. 8210

Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (1977)

  • Asbestos content: “Asbestile Cement | Asbestos | 10 | 0000367” (as of 1972-74), said by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as recorded by Celanese Chemical Company (C. D. Barrett memo CDB-70-77), p. 311

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for ASBESTILE Cement (1982)

  • Ingredient: “Asphalt 35”, p. -912
  • Ingredient: “Mineral Spirits (SOLVENTS line) 25”, p. -912
  • Asbestos content: “10”, p. -912
  • Description: “asbestos cement” (as of 1930-1958), p. 5613

Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (1990)

  • Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): Asbestile” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 2514
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Asbestile Cement” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 2714
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 2514

Kind of product

We list Asbestile (Johns-Manville) 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, Roofers.

Other insulating cement and coatings by Johns-Manville (51)

Thermobestos · Superex · 85 Magnesia · 302 · 352 · 450 · 450 Cement · 500 · 500 Cement · 678 Semi-refractory · 678 Semi-Refractory Cement · 85% Magnesia Cement · Asbestoment · Asbestos Fire Felt · Fibrofil · Fibrous Adhesive · Fil-insul · Fireite · Firetite Furnace Cement · Heat Treating Cement · and 31 more on the company's page

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (273)

Prasco (Fibreboard) · Calsilite (GAF) · Caltemp (Fibreboard) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Super 66 (Eagle-Picher) · Armatemp 166 (AC&S) · Armatemp 166 (Armstrong Cork) · Armor Temp (Eagle-Picher) · Asbeskin (Truscon Laboratories) · Asbestex (Old Quaker Paint) · Asbestfalt (Metropolitan Greenhouse) · Asbestibel (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Asbestite (Belknap-Moran-Allen Co.) · Asbestocote (Asbesto Corp. of America) · Asbestolite M-44 (Monroe) · Asbestone (Johns-Manville) · Asbestone (National Gypsum) · Asbestoseal (Arthur's Company) · Asphalt Emulsion (Coopers Creek) · Asphalt Emulsion (Pittsburgh Chemical) · and 253 more: all insulating cement and coatings

See also

References

  1. The J-M Circle, 1928, September 1928 (September 1, 1928), p. 8.
  2. The J-M Circle, 1930, February 1930 (February 1, 1930), p. 7.
  3. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 14.
  4. The J-M Circle, 1929, February 1929 (February 1, 1929), p. 5.
  5. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 3.
  6. USPTO trademark case files (Trademark Full Text XML Data, Annual Applications, 2025 edition) (June 7, 1917). Not yet published in our library.
  7. Label: J-M Asbestile Fibrous Mineral tag (H. W. Johns-Manville Co.), Image.
  8. Label: Asbestile Cement, 55-gallon container (Johns-Manville), Image.
  9. Label: J-M Asbestile Liquid Cement (H. W. Johns-Manville Co.), Image.
  10. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 100.
  11. Celanese Memo Forwarding NIOSH's List of Trade-Name Products Containing Regulated Carcinogens (August 26, 1977), p. 3.
  12. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for ASBESTILE Cement (May 28, 1982), p. -9.
  13. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 56. Not yet published in our library.
  14. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 25.

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