Documents in our library describe Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) as “asbestos sponge felt and 85% magnesia insulations”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1942, May 1942
- Description: “asbestos sponge felt and 85% magnesia insulations”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 361
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “asbestos-cement paper” (as of 1953), p. 592
Kind of product
We list Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid) with pipe covering and block insulation, asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet and paper, felt and millboard, from how the documents describe it. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Pipefitters and Plumbers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other pipe covering and block insulation by Ruberoid (5)
Pipe covering and block insulation by other makers (271)
Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Kaylo (Owens-Corning) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos Paper (Celotex) · Asbestos Paper (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sectional Covering (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Mundet Cork) · Asbestos Sponge (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sponge Felt (Nicolet) · Atlasite (Atlas Asbestos) · Best Felt (Armstrong Cork) · Best Felt (Keasbey & Mattison) · Bestfelt (Nicolet) · Cal Temp (Pabco Products) · Calcium Silicate (Unarco) · Calsilite (GAF) · Calsilite Insulation Cement (GAF) · and 251 more: all pipe covering and block insulation
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Ruberoid (15)
Vitramic · Eternit · Mill Board · Roll Board · Timbertex · American Thatch · Asbestos Millboard · Colorator · Deluxe Stonewall · Gasket Quality · Rubestos · Color Ground · Color-Tex · Stonewall · Supertab
Asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by other makers (368)
Flexboard (Johns-Manville) · Thermobestos · Careytemp (Philip Carey) · Min-k (Johns-Manville) · Unibestos (Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.) · Asbestos Millboard Mb-1 (Nicolet) · Asbestos Paper and Rollboard (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Permaboard (National Gypsum) · Asbestos Rollboard (Celotex) · Asbestos Rollboard (Philip Carey) · Asbestos Sheathing (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos Sponge (Felted, Sectional, Molded) (Johns-Manville) · Asbestos-Bonded (Armco Steel) · Asbestos-Cement Pipe (CertainTeed) · Asbestoside (Johns-Manville) · Aslac (UBE Ceycon) · Atco (American Tar) · Best-Side (DeWitt Products) · Birdsboard (Mirawal, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical) · Bromley's Honor Pledge (George W. Bromley) · and 348 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet
See also
- Ruberoid: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- Ruberoid on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- Asbestos Magazine, 1942, May 1942 (May 1, 1942), p. 36.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 59. Not yet published in our library.
Cite this page
“Asbestos Sponge Felt (Ruberoid).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/ruberoid-asbestos-sponge-felt.
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