Documents in our library describe Zerogloss (Johns-Manville) as “(accessory) an accessory for rock cork pipe insulation; it is an asphaltic paint.”.1 They give it as made from 1959.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Zerogloss (Johns-Manville) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits
Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (1946)
- Use: “For a bright, black finish, a brush coat of J-M Zerogloss is recommended over all pipe insulation and fittings”, p. 2452
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos asphalt pipe insulation” (as of 1953), p. 1263
Kind of product
We list Zerogloss (Johns-Manville) with pipe covering and block insulation, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Johns-Manville (60)
Thermobestos · Superex · Asbestocel · 85 Magnesia · Thermobestos pipe covering · Therm-o-bestos · Thermo Fire Felt · Thermowrap · Train Pipe Covering · Vitribestos · Vitro Fire Felt · White Surface Asbestos Jacket · Air-Cell · Anti-sweat · Asbesto-metallic · Asbesto-sponge · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt · Asbestos "Navy Brand" Fire Felt Covering · Asbestos Air Chamber Covering · Asbestos and Hair Felt Removable Covering · and 40 more on the company's page
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (216)
Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Kaylo (Owens-Illinois) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Watcocell (GAF) · Weber's HT (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Webers 48 (Forty-Eight Insulations) · Wovenstone (Unarco) · York Asbestos (York Insulation) · Zebra (Keasbey & Mattison) · Zebra (Nicolet) · 12 (Combustion Engineering) · 19 (Combustion Engineering) · 19 Hitemp (Philip Carey) · 66 (Eagle-Picher) · 7M (Crown Cork & Seal) · 85 Magnesia (Crown Cork & Seal) · 85 Magnesia (Fibreboard) · 85 Magnesia (Gaf/Ruberoid) · and 196 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
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
- The Borel v. Fibreboard Case File (1969-1972), Answers to interrogatories with exhibits (March 1, 1970), p. 31.
- Western Asbestos Co.: Architectural Manual (April 1, 1941), p. 245.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 126. Not yet published in our library.
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