Re: [BP] tar and asbestos

[ddiaz]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? Actually the techincal term for what they found is bear S..T 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 -- J.A. Drew Diaz EDGE Development Construction Suite 1205 150 W 28th St NY, NY 10001   t 212.741.7348 f 212.741.7423 c 917.971.1577 e [EMAIL PROTECTED] w http://edgedc.com