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SUBJECT: STATUS OF CURRENT PACO PRODUCTS The following is the current status of Paco products related to asbestos and other development requested: READY MIX JOINT COMPOUND , :.v '' San Carlos - 4001 All Purpose w/asbestos 4051C All Purpose Heavy Viscosity w/asbestos 4051S All Purpose w/asbestos 4051D All Purpose non-asbestos - will replace sales of 4001, 4051C and 405IS, after , r-*-={>- J` S /. their respective raw material are used up. 4101D Topping non--asbestos fL.,, -t*---------^ Hurst " >^^^^4025 Taping Compound for Denver w/asbestos 1 " 4051A All Purpose w/asbestos STW*' 4051B All Purpose w/asbestos - :?=<r r~. 405IN All Purpose non-asbestos - Available since February 1977 but lacks in workablity crack resistance and contains a large amount of starch which can cause problems under some conditions 405ID All Purpose non-asbestos - Should replace 4025, 405IA, 4051B and 4051N 4101A Topping w/asbestos 4101C Topping w/asbestos 4101D Topoing non-asbestos - Will replace 4101A and 4101C Broken Arrow..4001C All Purpose w/asbestoa 4001P Ail Purpose non-asbestos - Basically the same as 4051N formula at Hurst. Poor workability 405ID Ail Purpose non-aabestoa - Can replace 4001c and 4001P 4101J Topping w/asbeatos 4101D Topping non-asbestos - Can replace 4101J DRY POWDER JOINT COMPOUND San Carlos 5512 All Purpose w/asbestoa - Current lab project to reformulate, non--asbestos 5515 All Purpose w/asbe3tos - To be eliminated 5525 Taping w/aabestos - John Brown's testing lab formula # 27 non-asbestos 5535 Finishing w/asbestos - Current, lab project to reformulate without asbeaf36 Hurat LlA All Purpose w/asbestos. L5B All Purpose non-asbe3tos 4-r* ron 1 Aro Test product Paco Textures Memo Status of Current Paco Products Page 2November 17, 1977 5589, 5590, and 5591 Quik Set w/asbestos ,, Cs K 11 / Currently testing with an asbestos replacement, only problem seems to AS be that it needs to be mixed heavy. Broken Arrow 5511A All Purpose w/asbestos - To Be replaced ' pending results at Hurst or at San Carlos WALL TEXTURE San Carlos 5565C Wall Texture non-asbestos - New formula for better paint application Hurst /5563^Texture Paint w/asbestos - Not able to ^ duplicate quality without asbestos 5565 Splatter Texture w/asbestos - 90 bags of 5565A batch number H2719A available ^ for testing. Information given to B. Harrison on 11-11-77 5580V Spray Texture/Sand Finish w/asbestos Qould be replaced by San Carlos 5565C ft A *' a v- V i ' r -- . * . r Broken Arrow 5565b Wall Texture non-asbestos - Not sold regularly, same as formula replaced 5565 at San Carlos by 5565C Splatter Texture w/asbestos - Change pending results of field test on 5565A 5565 batch # H2719A Knockdown Splatter Texture w/asbestos Could be replaced by San Carlos 5565C CEILING TEXTURE San Carlos 6373GCeiling Texture non-asbestos 6374K Ceiling Texture non-asbestos 6373L Ceiling Texture w/asbestos for out of state only can be discontinued and replaced by 6373G Hurst V--100a Ceiling Texture w/asbestos Recommenda tion sent to you on November 7, 1977 V-100G Ceiling Texture non-asbestos - Same basic formula as San Carlos 6373G but is more costly than V-100A MISCELLANEOUS San Carlos 4301 Paco Crete w/asbestos - Only make one or two batches per year. No work has been done to eliminate asbestos Hurst Block Filler w/asbestos - Only one i^tch. made this year. Would be difficult to eliminate asbestos C27 Radiant Heat Fill w/asbestos - Only four _ u) ^ batches made this year. 2.-^sr yv-ga 4' paco Textures Memo -Status of Current paco products page 3November 17, 1977 SUMMARY The asbestos free ready mix formula (**D"} appears to be able to take the place of current products with asbestos. Lab work is under way to develop a dry All Purpose (5512) and. a dry. finishing (5535) for California. We are testing a dry Taping (5525) for California and an all purpose for Texas and Oklahoma. Texas has a test batch of Splatter Texture available and can also make the same formula as San Carlos with minor adjustment. DWM/^lb cci Bill Harrison 47 G2S