Documents in our library describe Kolor-Kap (Johns-Manville) as “kolor-kap and blak-kap duplex roofings ... cold-applied, low-slope residential roofings”.1 They give it as sold from 1969.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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Asbestos claims
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What each document says
Every statement about Kolor-Kap (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1969, January 1969
- Sold from: “has added ... to its FGA line (new products, January 1969)”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Use: “used on a home J-M remodeled for the Park Slope North rehabilitation project in Brooklyn” (sales to Park Slope North rehabilitation project, Brooklyn, New York), said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Ingredient: “combine glass fiber and asbestos fiber with asphalt”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
- Description: “Kolor-Kap and Blak-Kap Duplex Roofings ... cold-applied, low-slope residential roofings”, said by Johns-Manville, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 401
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “roofing” (as of 1969), p. 892
Kind of product
Trades that worked with products like it: Roofers.
See also
- Johns-Manville: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Johns-Manville on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1969, January 1969 (January 1, 1969), p. 40.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 89. Not yet published in our library.
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