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Textone (U.S. Gypsum)

Textone was a U.S. Gypsum texture finish.1,2 An insurance company's 1981 list of asbestos products, compiled from other companies' answers in lawsuits, lists it under U.S. Gypsum as a spray texture made from 1944 to 1975.2

A 1990 EPA notice that published what U.S. Gypsum reported says Textone Texture Finish was produced between 1928 and 1977 at seven plants.1 It gives the years for each: Gypsum, Ohio, 1928 to 1975; New Brighton, New York, 1937 to 1972; South Gate, California, 1944 to 1972; Sweetwater, Texas, 1949 to 1972; Chamblee, Georgia, 1959 to 1972; Dallas, Texas, 1962 to 1972; and Hagersville, Canada, 1965 to 1977.1

Related: A.B. Tex.

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Asbestos claims

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What each document says

Every statement about Textone (U.S. Gypsum) in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (1990)

The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981)

  • Made from: “44”, p. 82
  • Form: “SPRAY TEXTURE”, p. 82
  • Made until: “75”, p. 82

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (1986)

  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 503
  • Made from: “USG Textone: First Produced 1928”, p. 503
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 503
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 503
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 503
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 503
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 503
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 503
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 503
  • Made from: “Textone: First Produced 1944”, p. 503
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 503
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “1.2-10.0% by volume” (as of 1960-01-01), p. 553
  • Made until: “Textone: Last Produced 1975”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “1.2-3.5% by volume” (as of 1955-01-01), p. 553
  • Made until: “USG Textone: Last Produced 1974”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “3.5-5.5% by volume” (as of 1967-01-01), p. 603
  • Asbestos content: “3.3-4.5% by volume” (as of 1934-01-01), p. 553
  • Form: “USG Textone: Texture Paint”, p. 503
  • Form: “Texture”, p. 503
  • Asbestos content: “2.8-4.5% by volume” (as of 1930-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “2.3-3.5% by volume” (as of 1956-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “2.5-3.5% by volume” (as of 1952-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “2.67-8.0% by volume” (as of 1947-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “.5-3.5% by volume” (as of 1971-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “1.2-6.0% by volume” (as of 1958-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “3.3-4.5% by volume” (as of 1928-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “2.67-5.0% by volume” (as of 1938-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “.5-10.0% by volume” (as of 1970-01-01), p. 553
  • Asbestos content: “2.5-4.5% by volume” (as of 1944-01-01), p. 603
  • Asbestos content: “2.5-4.5% by volume” (as of 1972-01-01), p. 603
  • Asbestos content: “2.67-6.0% by volume” (as of 1943-01-01), p. 553

United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Made from: “USG Textone: First Produced 1928”, p. 434
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 434
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Chamblee, GA” (the plant: Chamblee, Georgia), p. 434
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 434
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 434
  • Made at: “USG Textone: 1928-1974, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 434
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Gypsum, OH” (the plant: Gypsum, Ohio), p. 434
  • Made from: “Textone: First Produced 1944”, p. 434
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, New Brighton, NY” (the plant: New Brighton, New York), p. 434
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, South Gate, CA” (the plant: South Gate, California), p. 434
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Sweetwater, TX” (the plant: Sweetwater, Texas), p. 434
  • Made at: “Textone: 1944-1975, Dallas, TX” (the plant: Dallas, Texas), p. 434
  • Asbestos content: “2.8 - 4.5% by volume” (as of 1930-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “2.5 - 3.5% by volume” (as of 1952-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “3.3 - 4.5% by volume” (as of 1928-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “.5 - 3.5% by volume” (as of 1971-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “3.5 - 5.5% by volume” (as of 1967-01-01), p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.67 - 8.0% by volume” (as of 1947-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “2.67 - 6.0% by volume” (as of 1943-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “1.2 - 10.0% by volume” (as of 1960-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “3.3 - 4.5% by volume” (as of 1934-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “2.5 - 4.5% by volume” (as of 1944-01-01), p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “2.5 - 4.5% by volume” (as of 1972-01-01), p. 514
  • Asbestos content: “.5 - 10.0% by volume” (as of 1970-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “1.2 - 6.0% by volume” (as of 1958-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “2.3 - 3.5% by volume” (as of 1956-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “1.2 - 3.5% by volume” (as of 1955-01-01), p. 474
  • Asbestos content: “2.67 - 5.0% by volume” (as of 1938-01-01), p. 474
  • Made until: “Textone: Last Produced 1975”, p. 434
  • Form: “Texture”, p. 434
  • Form: “USG Textone: Texture Paint”, p. 434
  • Made until: “USG Textone: Last Produced 1974”, p. 434

Kind of product

We list Textone (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 · Texolite · 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

References

  1. Asbestos; Publication of Identifying Information (February 13, 1990), p. 19.
  2. The Travelers Insurance Company's Product Information Booklet for Its Asbestos Seminar (1980–1981) (April 30, 1981), p. 8.
  3. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Interrogatories in Dikun v. Armstrong World Industries (September 8, 1986), p. 50.
  4. United States Gypsum's Answers to Plaintiffs' Master Interrogatories in the Northern District of Oklahoma (June 20, 1988), p. 43.

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