Documents in our library describe Scotstone (Marinite) as “slate grey in color, homogeneous in texture and steam cured; sheet size 10' x 4', thicknesses 1/2", 3/4" and 1"”.1 They give it as sold from 1965.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Scotstone (Marinite) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1965, November 1965
- Sold from: “have introduced a new sheet material, Scotstone”, said by Marinite Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Asbestos content: “reinforced with finely dispersed asbestos fibre”, said by Marinite Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Description: “slate grey in color, homogeneous in texture and steam cured; sheet size 10' x 4', thicknesses 1/2", 3/4" and 1"”, said by Marinite Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
- Binder: “an inorganic mixture of synthetic calcium aluminum silicate binder and fillers reinforced with finely dispersed asbestos fibre”, said by Marinite Limited, as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 131
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “grey-colored asbestos sheet” (as of 1965), p. 1082
Kind of product
We list Scotstone (Marinite) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and joint compound and texture coatings, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (383)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Roll Board (Ruberoid) · Rubestos (Ruberoid) · Ruco (maker not given) · Rustic Shakes (Philip Carey) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Salem (Johns-Manville) · Sbr (Nicolet) · Servicised (Albert C. Fischer) · Shado-Shake (Supradur) · Shake Shield (Philip Carey) · Shake-Tex (maker not given) · Shasta Snow (Philip Carey) · Sheetflextos (Keasbey & Mattison) · Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum) · Sheetrock RH Fillers (U.S. Gypsum) · and 363 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
Joint compound and texture coatings by other makers (23)
Imperial (U.S. Gypsum) · Sheetrock (U.S. Gypsum) · Vitramic (maker not given) · A.B. Tex (U.S. Gypsum) · Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) · Kemidol (U.S. Gypsum) · Pac-Tex (U.S. Gypsum) · Paste Spackling Putty (U.S. Gypsum) · Perf-a-tape (U.S. Gypsum) · Ready Mix (Georgia-Pacific) · Ripple Tone (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Sheet Rock (U.S. Gypsum) · Surco (Surface Coatings) · Textone (U.S. Gypsum) · Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · Wall (Georgia-Pacific) · Ceiling (Georgia-Pacific) · Covercoat (U.S. Gypsum) · Durabond (U.S. Gypsum) · and 3 more: all joint compound and texture coatings
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1965, November 1965 (November 1, 1965), p. 13.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 108. Not yet published in our library.
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