Document kmMGXvgNO3Lp6Gz3Y75nq2xdV
FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG)
DATE: 0000
DOC#: NG071
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Legal - Filing of Defense Answers to Interrogatories [Attachment 11]
ATTACHMENT
TO ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES
Gold Bond Soacklina Compound
C-old Bond Spackling Compound was used prior to
painting or wallpapering for filling, patching and correcting
small defects in almost any interior surface, including plaster,
wallboard, wood, masonry and metal. It was also recommended for
use as a Swedish putty. * Gold Bond Spacking Compound was not
recommended for "bedding" perforated tape, filling wallboard
joints or repairing deep wide (1/8" or more) cracks.
Gold Bond Spackling Compound was manufactured
without asbestos from approximately 1942 to approximately 1962.
In addition, National Gypsum Company may have manufactured and
sold Gold Bond Spackling Compound containing asbestos from late
1951 to 1953, If the asbestos formulation was used, it appears
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to have been produced concurrently with the non-asbestos
formulation. If Gold Bond Spackling Compound containing asbestos
was manufactured, it was at National Gypsum's plant in New York,
New York. "Gold Bond" is a registered trademark of National
Gypsum Company. Gold Bond Spackling Compound's asbestos
formulation called for 0.86% asbestos by weight.
Gold Bond Spackling Compound was sold in dry
powder form. It was mixed with water and took 4-6 hours to set.
It dried to a hard white surface. It was packaged in bags,
cartons and cans. National Gypsum was not aware of any hazard
associated with the use of this product, and National Gypsum
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