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FILE NAME: Drywall Spackling Compounds (DWSC) DATE: 1977 Apr DOC#: DWSC026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Market Survey of Asbestos Products Sold Hardware Stores MARKET SURVEY OF ASBESTOS PRODUCTS by Roger Buker and Robert Mayes April 19-22, 1977 Visits to Large Hardware Stores Stores checked: Dart Horne, White Flint Frank's Hardware, Rockville Pike Montgomery Ward, Wheaton Plaza Hechinger's, Randolph Road MacIntyre Hardward, Connecticut Ave.nue, Kensington (MacIntyre had no asbestos products) Seaboard Roof Cement and Caulking - man. above - Sold: Montgomery Ward ($1.89/tube) contains asbestos: no warning. Joint Compounds Georgia-Pacific Readv-Mix Joint Compound- man. G-P, Gypsum Div., Portland Ore., sold at: Dart Home ($6.99/5 gal.), Frank's ($5.99/5 gal.), Hardware City ($5.99/5 gal.) Caution : - contains asbestos fibres - avoid creating dust - breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm - use approved resporator when sanding Flintkote Ready-Mixed Joint Compound - man. by Plintkote Co. sold at:. Frank's Hardware. ($3.59/1 gal., $8.99/5 gal.) New cans have large sticker over Caution "New NON-Asbestos Formula". Old Caution : avoid creating dust when dry sanding, this product. Wear eye protection and a respirator approved by U.S. Bureau of Mines for`toxic, nuisance, and pheumoconiosis producing , wet sanding or sponging is recommended where practical. Bpr.dex Joint Cement - sold at: Frank's ($2.4 5/5 lk.)- Caution: contains asbestos fibre avoid creating dust, breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm. - also in non-asbestos. Bondex Water Putty - sold at Frank's ($.75/1 lb., $1.99/5 lb.) same caution as above. Durabond Wallboard Compound - U.S. Gypsum - sold at Dart Home ($1.96/5 lb.) Caution: contains asbestos fibre avoid creating dust, breathing of asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm. Ward's Joint.Cement - sold at Montgomery Wards. Caution, same as above. Furnace Cement American Hardware Asbestos Furnace Cement - sold at Hardware City ($1.29/pt, $1.9 9/gt.) :io ingredients listed; no warning Plumbcraft Asbestos Furnace Cement - sold at Hechingers. ($.99/pt, $2.19/qt) no ingredients listed, no warnir Floor Tile Armstrong vinyl-asbestos Solarian - sold at Dart Home, Hardware City, Hechingers no warning Place *N Press - sold at Dart, Hechingers, no warning Asbestos Asbestos Pipe Joint Tape - Grant Wilson, Inc., Chicago, 111, 606 sold at Hardware City ($2.25/roll) ro warning Fyrex General Purpose Asbestos Board - man. Grant. Wilson (21x 4 '/$6.65, 4'x 4 1/$11.45) sold Hardware City package says "can be cut, sawed, nailed, screwed, scored, drilled, and punched. Use in homes, utilitv rooms, basement, attic, kitchen, garage, shop." r"> (Hechingers - Randolph Road & Georgia Avenue, no powdered -asbestos c asbestos cement sold.) Patching Compounds 1) UGL Glue Base Plaster Patch - manufactured by United Gilsonite Laboratories, Scranton, Pa. 18501 (Beverlee Division, Visalia, Ca. 93277) - 5 lb - $1.69 10 lb. $3.29 asbestos not mentioned. Caution: mis with paddle. Prolonged contact with skin may cause irritacin. Avoid breathing dust. KOOROC. 2) UGL Cerfex Spackeling Compound - manufactre above - 5 lb. $2.09 asbestos not mentioned. Caution; avoid prolonged contact with skin. KOOROC. 3) UGL Glaz3- elastic glazing compound manufacture above 1 qt. $2.49 15 oz. $12.5 1/2 pint, $.68 - KOOROC, asbestos not mentioned - meets Federal Spec. no. TTG-00410-D Plasters 1) Georgia-Pacific Ready-Mix Joint Compound manufacturerGeorgia-Pacific - 1 gal. $2.59 62. lb. $5.99 - in large type on package-"A-SBESTOS FREE" 2 ) ~ Georgia-Pacific Joint System Compound (dry) for gypsum wallboarc - man: Georgia-Pacific - 5 lb, $2.19 asbeston not mentioned; no warning 3) Georgia-Pacific Joint System Compound (dry) w/60123 roll tape - Man: Georgia-Pacific - 4 lb. $2.59 asbestos not mentioned, no warning 4) Georgia-Pacific Patching Plaster (dry) - man. Georgia-Pacific - 5 lb. $2.69 - "Asbestos Free" in large type. Floor Tile Cement 1) GAF Vinyl Adhesive Systems FBIO Cove Base Adhesive (will not freeze) - Man: made in U.S. for GAF Corp. Building Materials Group/Floor Products, 140 W. 51st St. NYC,N 10020 - asbestos not mentioned; no health warning - $3.99 per quart 2) GAF Vinyl Adhesive Systems FB20 Roll-On Adhesive - man. above - 1 qt. $3.99 1 gal. $9.99 - asbestos not mentioned/ no health warning 3) Armstrong Cove Base Cement S-2S5 - man. Armstrong (no specifics) - 1 qt. $2.99 - - no mention of asbestos; detailed warning on fire hazard. Vinyl Asbestos Floor Tile123 1) Armstrong's Custom Excellon Tile - man. Armstrong (no specifics) ' - 9 12"xl2" 1 sq. yd. $3.19 5 styles - no warning 2) Armstrong Place 'n Press Excellon Tile - man. Armstrong (no specifics) - 9 12"xl2" $4.49 per sq. yd. 19 styles - no warning 3) Solarian - man. made in U.S. bv Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster Pa. 17604 - 9 12"xl2" $9.49 sq. yd. 6 styles - no warning Drywall Compounds in Which Asbestos has Been Found Nuvo Bond 90 ) Perf A Tape USG Texolite f US Gypsum Tape -- Joint Topping Cmpd. Redi-Mix Jointing Cmpd. Wallboard Seal, Drywall Taping Cmpd. Arvon Arvon Products Metro Spackling Compound -- Bondex International Sterling Ready-Mix Vinyl Joint Cement ) Sterling, Clark, Lurton Co. Sterling All-Purpose Vinyl Joint Cement y, S-C-L Vinyl Taping Compound -- -- ~ Stebbins and Roberts Co. Synko ---------___ Synkaloid Co. (spackle) -- -- -- Muralo Co. still sold with asbestos and caution label Georgia Pacific Rutland Fire Clay Co. Red Top S Gypsum Patch Paste Red Devil, Inc. Schalk Patch Paste Spackl Kex spackling Rutland Products "New" Kex DAP Vinyl Paste Spackling Cmpd. Handi-Patch Handy Products DAK, Inc. Since the publicity of 1975, some firms removed asbestos from their formulas, and began to label, "contains no asacstos."