Documents in our library describe Colorator (Ruberoid) as “a color selection wheel which they call the colorator”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Colorator (Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Asbestos Magazine, 1954, January 1954
- Description: “a color selection wheel which they call the Colorator”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 281
- Use: “advising customers on color harmony for colored asbestos-cement siding and asphalt shingles; siding, roof and trim colors keyed by number”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 281
Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two
- Description: “siding, shingles” (as of 1954), p. 692
Kind of product
We list Colorator (Ruberoid) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe it. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers, Roofers.
Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Ruberoid (15)
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.) · Chrom-Tex (Keasbey & Mattison) · Chroma-Tex (Asbestone) · Chroma-Tone (National Gypsum) · Classic (Gold Bond Building Products (National Gypsum)) · Classic-Shake (National Gypsum) · Clipfast (GAF) · Color-tex (GAF) · Colorbestos (Johns-Manville) · Colorceran (Johns-Manville) · Colorchip (Johns-Manville) · Colorlith (Johns-Manville) · Colorlith Chalkboard (Johns-Manville) · Colorsil (Johns-Manville) · Concord (U.S. Gypsum) · Corspan (Johns-Manville) · 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, 1954, January 1954 (January 1, 1954), p. 28.
- Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 69. Not yet published in our library.
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“Colorator (Ruberoid).” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/products/ruberoid-colorator.
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