Documents in our library describe Roll Board (Ruberoid) as “asbestos roll board”.1 They give it as made 1928–1967.2 It was rated for temperatures up to 600 °F.1,2 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.
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What each document says
Every statement about Roll Board (Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.
Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (1962)
- Asbestos content: “Asbestos fibers with a small quantity of strong binding materials”, p. 961
- Form: “Asbestos Roll Board”, p. 961
- Description: “Asbestos fibers with a small quantity of strong binding materials. Two thicknesses only, 3/32 in. and 1/8 in. Rolls 18 in. and 36 in. wide.”, p. 961
- Temperature limit: “0 to 600”, p. 961
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made from: “Asbestos Paper and Millboard Products (produced by Ruberoid from 1928 to 1967 ...)”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Made until: “produced by Ruberoid from 1928 to 1967, by General Aniline & Film Corporation in 1967”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Temperature limit: “Rollboard had a temperature limit of 250 °F.”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
- Description: “an asbestos paper product, consisting of plies of asbestos paper bonded together without glue to create thicknesses varying from 1/16 in. to 1/8 in.”, said by GAF Building Materials Corporation, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 82
Asbestos Magazine, 1931, May 1931
- Description: “Heavy Asbestos Paper (Roll Board)”, p. 583
Kind of product
We list Roll Board (Ruberoid) with asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Carpenters and Construction Workers.
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.) · Ridge Roll (Johns-Manville) · Ring-Tite (Johns-Manville) · Ripple Tone (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Rock Shake (Johns-Manville) · Rockspan Clapboard (Johns-Manville) · Roctone (Tilo Roofing) · Roll Board (Philip Carey) · Ruco (maker not given) · Rustic Shakes (Philip Carey) · Sal-mo (Nicolet) · Salem (Johns-Manville) · Sbr (Nicolet) · Scotstone (Marinite) · Servicised (Albert C. Fischer) · Shado-Shake (Supradur) · 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
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company: Thermal Insulation and Accessories Manual (October 1, 1962), p. 96.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 8.
- Asbestos Magazine, 1931, May 1931 (May 1, 1931), p. 58.
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