Documents in our library describe Corktone (Kentile) as “vinyl asbestos floor tiles”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Corktone (Kentile) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “vinyl asbestos floor tiles” (as of 1969), p. 701
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Asbestos content: “KenFlex Vinyl Asbestos Tile: Blend of vinyl and asbestos fibers; Styles include ... Corktone”, said by Kentile Floors Inc., as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 122
- Description: “Corktone Kentile which has a cork look (style of Kentile Asphalt Tile)”, said by Kentile Floors Inc., as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 122
Kind of product
We list Corktone (Kentile) with floor tile, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Flooring Installers.
Other floor tile by Kentile (30)
Agate Chip · Debonair · Au Naturel · Chantilly · Marbleized · Architectural Marbles · Au Natural · Avanti · Beaushard · Beaux Arts · Brookstone · Constellation · Eerkshire · Federal Stone · Holland Tile · Moonstone · Parkchester · Pavana · Ribandel · Sand Pebbles · and 10 more on the company's page
Floor tile by other makers (168)
Excelon (some styles) (Armstrong Cork) · Terraflex (Johns-Manville) · Excelon (Armstrong Cork) · Marrakech (Johns-Manville) · Bouquet (Johns-Manville) · Chandelle (Armstrong Cork) · Cirelle (Flintkote) · Classic Premiere (Flintkote) · Colonial (Philip Carey) · Colonial Stone (Flintkote) · Colonial Wood (GAF) · Columbia Star (Columbia Wax) · Corlon, Aprina (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Mantina (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Norager (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Pirelle (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Serenada (Armstrong Cork) · Corlon, Tessera (Armstrong Cork) · Cortina (Azrock Floor Products Div., Uvalde Rock Asphalt) · Custom Excelon Tile, Voltaire (Armstrong Cork) · and 148 more: all floor tile
See also
- Kentile: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Kentile on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 70. Not yet published in our library.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 12.
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