Re: [BP] tar and asbestos

[CrushStone]

In a message dated 10/7/04 12:17:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chemical tests report 7% asbestos in the tar.  Any ideas on why that would be? Christopher:   Asbestos was a common filler in roof patching material.  This was provide in 5 gallon metal pails.  It was a cutback asphalt product.  One applied this material with trowels.   Are you sure that the material on the building is tar?  That's usually applied hot with a mop.   It tends to go on fairly thin.        Steve Stokowski Stone Products Consultants Building Products Microscopy 10 Clark St., Ste. A Ashland, Mass. 01721-2145 508-881-6364 (ph. & fax) http://members.aol.com/crushstone/petro.htm