Texolite was a United States Gypsum Company name used on several products.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists Texolite under U.S. Gypsum as a joint compound made from 1920 to 1975.1
A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported lists three Texolite products, with the plants and years each was produced.2 Texolite Block Filler was produced from 1958 to an unknown date in Gypsum, Ohio, and New Brighton, New York; from 1959 to 1966 in South Gate, California, and Sweetwater, Texas; from 1961 to 1966 in Chamblee, Georgia; and from 1966 to an unknown date in Dallas, Texas.2 Texolite Dry Fill texture was produced from 1959 to 1961 in New Brighton.2 Texolite Drywall Surfacer, Aggregated, renamed Drywall Surfacer, Texture XII in 1965, was produced from 1961 to 1977 in Gypsum, Ohio; from 1963 to 1965 in Dallas, Texas, New Brighton, New York, and South Gate, California; and from 1970 to 1972 in Midway, Illinois.2
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What each document says
Every statement about Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.
The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)
Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)
- Made at: “Texolite Block Filler: produced 1958 to an unknown date” (the plant: South Gate, California, New Brighton, New York, Sweetwater, Texas, Gypsum, Ohio, Chamblee, Georgia, Dallas, Texas), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
- Made at: “Texolite Dry Fill texture: produced 1959 to 1961” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
- Made at: “Texolite Drywall Surfacer, Aggregated: produced 1961 to 1977” (the plant: South Gate, California, New Brighton, New York, Gypsum, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Midway, Illinois), said by United States Gypsum Company, as recorded by U.S. EPA, Federal Register 55 FR (Feb. 13, 1990), p. 192
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 493
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 493
- Made from: “Texolite: First Produced 1961”, p. 493
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 493
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 493
- Form: “Texture”, p. 493
- Made until: “Texolite: Last Produced 1967”, p. 493
United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 424
- Made from: “Texolite: First Produced 1961”, p. 424
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 424
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 424
- Made at: “Texolite: 1961-1967, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 424
- Form: “Texture”, p. 424
- Made until: “Texolite: Last Produced 1967”, p. 424
Kind of product
We list Texolite (U.S. Gypsum) with joint compound and texture coatings, from how the documents describe its form. That page explains how such products exposed workers.
Trades that worked with products like it: Drywall Finishers, Plasterers, and Painters, Carpenters and Construction Workers.
Other joint compound and texture coatings by U.S. Gypsum (13)
Imperial · Sheetrock · A.B. Tex · Textone · Perf-a-tape · Usg · Covercoat · Durabond · Joint compound · Kemidol · Pac-Tex · Paste Spackling Putty · Sheet Rock
Joint compound and texture coatings by other makers (10)
Vitramic (maker not given) · Ripple Tone (Gold Bond Bldg. Products (National Gypsum)) · Ceiling (Georgia-Pacific) · Gothic (Eternit, Inc.) · Ready Mix (Georgia-Pacific) · Scotstone (Marinite) · Wall (Georgia-Pacific) · Homart (Sears) · Rutland Repair Products Ricky Rutland (Rutland Fire Clay Co.) · Surco (Surface Coatings)
See also
- U.S. Gypsum: the company's history, documents, people, products and plants
- U.S. Gypsum on our products page: what the documents say about the company's asbestos products, with sources
References
- The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
- Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 49.
- United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), p. 42.
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