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Insulkote SG (Johns-Manville)

Documents in our library describe Insulkote SG (Johns-Manville) as “fibrated mastic”.1 They give it as made 1929–1982.2,3 They put its asbestos content at 14.7% to 16.7%.3,4 The asbestos named is chrysotile. It was rated for temperatures up to 250 °F.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

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

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

  • Form: “Fibrated Mastic”, p. 1341
  • Asbestos content: “Special asphalts, asbestos fibers, inert fillers and mineral spirit solvents.”, p. 1341
  • Temperature limit: “-20 to 250”, p. 1341
  • Description: “ASPHALT CUTBACK (Fibrated Mastic)”, p. 1341

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

  • Made from: “29”, p. 62
  • Made until: “81”, p. 62
  • Form: “FINISH”, p. 62

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

  • Made from: “Date Manufactured: 1929”, p. 1133
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile”, p. 1133
  • Description: “Weatherproofing and vapor barrier coatings for insulations on refrigerated equipment. INSULKOTE SG is an excellent anti-corrosion coating”, p. 763
  • Made until: “Date Discontinued: 1982”, p. 1133
  • Warning label: “Date Labeled: None”, p. 1133
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 623
  • Asbestos content: “14.7 - 16.7 % fiber by weight”, p. 1133
  • Form: “Finishes”, p. 1133
  • Made at: “Manville Plant, Manville, New Jersey (1913 through 1985): Insulkote SG” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 623

Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for INSULKOTE SG (1982)

  • Asbestos content: “15”, p. 14
  • Asbestos fiber: “Chrysotile Asbestos Fiber (firmly bound in product)”, p. 14
  • Ingredient: “Asphalt 35”, p. 14
  • Ingredient: “Mineral Spirits (in SOLVENTS row of paints/preservatives block) 25”, p. 14
  • Description: “finishes” (as of 1929), p. 865

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

  • Made at: “Manville Plant (1913 to 1985): Insulkote SG” (at Manville) (the plant: Manville, New Jersey), p. 226
  • Made at: “Waukegan Plant (1922 to 1985): Insulkote SG” (at Waukegan) (the plant: Waukegan, Illinois), p. 276
  • Asbestos content: “asbestos containing”, p. 226
  • Made at: “Pittsburgh Plant (1926 to 1980s): Insulkote SG” (at Pittsburgh) (the plant: Pittsburg, California), p. 256

Kind of product

Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.

See also

References

  1. Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 134.
  2. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 6.
  3. Manville Fund's Answers to Interrogatories in Gunn v. Celotex (December 7, 1989), p. 113.
  4. Johns-Manville Material Safety Data Sheet for INSULKOTE SG (May 7, 1982), p. 1.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 86. Not yet published in our library.
  6. Manville Fund's Responses to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Moore v. H.K. Porter (February 15, 1990), p. 22.

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