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Vitramic (Ruberoid)

Documents in our library describe Vitramic (Ruberoid) as “asbestos-cement eternit vitramic (vitreous-ceramic) siding”.1 Where the documents differ, each is listed below with its source.

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What each document says

Every statement about Vitramic (Ruberoid) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Ruberoid Co.: Asbestos-Cement Eternit Vitramic Siding (c. 1950)

  • Description: “VITRAMIC, the new exclusive surfacing which is baked on, produces a harder, denser finish which repels water and resists dirt. Fireproof, Waterproof and Erosion-proof”, p. 11
  • Form: “Asbestos-Cement Eternit VITRAMIC (Vitreous-Ceramic) SIDING”, p. 11

Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940

  • Description: “Vitramic. Serial No. 430,878. The Ruberoid Co. ... For Asbestos Cement Siding.”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 362
  • Description: “Asbestos Cement Siding”, said by The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), "Trade Marks" column, p. 362

Asbestos Magazine, 1941, February 1941

  • Description: “the harder ceramic surfaced Vitramic siding”, p. 373

Asbestos Magazine, 1957, November 1957

  • Description: “today's superior products, Autoclaved Clapboard and Vitramic in Trend Colors”, said by Mr. Abraham, chairman, The Ruberoid Co., as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 104
  • Description: “building siding: Portland cement & asbestos” (as of 1953), p. 1245

Kind of product

We list Vitramic (Ruberoid) with insulating cement and coatings and asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet, from how the documents describe its form. Those pages explain how such products exposed workers.

Trades that worked with products like it: Insulators and Insulation Workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters and Construction Workers.

Other insulating cement and coatings by Ruberoid (7)

Vermont Asbestos 7M · 214 Insulating Cement · Fibrous Adhesive · Grade 115 Cement · 115 Insulating Cement · 7 K Type Cement · Grade 214 Insulating Cement

Insulating cement and coatings by other makers (317)

Thermobestos · Superex (Johns-Manville) · Asbestile (Johns-Manville) · 85 Magnesia (Johns-Manville) · Prasco (Fibreboard) · Turnall (Atlas Asbestos) · Type 19 (Crown Cork & Seal) · Type 7 (Flintkote) · Type M (Crown Cork & Seal) · Unicote (North American Refractories) · Utility (Combustion Engineering) · Valculite (Keene/Ehret) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitricel 10 (Philip Carey) · Weather Mastic (HT) (National Cork) · Weather-Sure 301 (Insul-Coustic) · Weathercoat (American Bitumuls) · Weatherized Plastic (Celotex) · Weatherkote (Combustion Engineering) · Weber's 48 (Forty-Eight Insulations) · and 297 more: all insulating cement and coatings

Other asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet by Ruberoid (15)

Eternit · Mill Board · Roll Board · Timbertex · American Thatch · Asbestos Millboard · Asbestos Sponge Felt · 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.) · Uni-syn Packing (Keasbey & Mattison) · Unibestos (Pittsburg Corning) · Usg (maker not given) · Usg (U.S. Gypsum) · Vanguard (GAF) · Veneered Marinite (Johns-Manville) · Vitramic (maker not given) · Vitribestos (Johns-Manville) · Vitricel (Philip Carey) · Vitro Fire Felt (Johns-Manville) · Watcocell (GAF) · Woodrock (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Woodrock (National Gypsum) · Xxx Asbestos Millboard (Johns-Manville) · Xxx Millboard (Johns-Manville) · and 348 more: all asbestos-cement pipe, board and sheet

See also

References

  1. Ruberoid Co.: Asbestos-Cement Eternit Vitramic Siding (c. 1950), p. 1.
  2. Asbestos Magazine, 1940, September 1940 (September 1, 1940), p. 36.
  3. Asbestos Magazine, 1941, February 1941 (February 1, 1941), p. 37.
  4. Asbestos Magazine, 1957, November 1957 (November 1, 1957), p. 10.
  5. Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases: Medical, Legal, and Engineering Aspects, Volume Two (1986), p. 124. Not yet published in our library.

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