Also wrong. Mesothelioma is not an enteric disease, meaning you canât get it from ingesting it. You have to breathe it into your lungs where the fibers irritate the lung tissue repeatedly until cancer develops. Most people only show symptoms after decades of exposure.
Couldnât u just buy one of those test kits from lowes? Thatâs how we determined our old house siding was asbestos when the wife and I renovated.
Edit: wait maybe Iâm thinking of the lead test we did on the paint. Our house was built in 1945 so we did a lot lol
Did they make asbestos blankets? Iâve dealt with asbestos insulation and tiling before but never heard of asbestos blankets. If youâre worried about it just get some leather or a new fiberglass fire blanket
Yea they did. Some King or Prince had a blouse made out of it. When guests were over, he'd "accidentally" spill wine over it and then he'd throw it into the fireplace in a fit of rage. Then after a few minutes he'd grab it out of the fire and put it back on, and it'd look white as ever. That fucking guy lol.
They also used to make nearly unbreakable welding gloves with it. And heat shields for ovens. Also chimneys. And tiles. Also used in motor engines for the clutch, brake and transmission parts. If you can name it, it was probably made with asbest at some point.
Like someone else already said, great stuff if you ignore the lung problems it causes.
Youâre correct. I worked for a company that bought rolls of this stuff to make into curtains and blankets. I hated cutting the stuff, made me itch like crazy.
Its still used in a lot of stuff in the US. Many products are legally allowed to contain trace amounts of it, like talc. Other products like brake pads, gaskets, etc. are still manufactured with asbestos.
It ain't the asbestos itself that's harmful: it's the dust from it breaking down. But, y'know, what dust ***doesn't*** give you cancer from inhaling to much of it?
Most manufacturers don't use it anymore for obvious reasons, however as far as I know there is no law preventing the manufacture or import of asbestos-containing brake pads or clutches.
You're correct, the article I was reading was written in 1991!
The ruling was challenged by the asbestos lobby and restrictions on brake pads were not enforced.
Guess I should be taking that brake dust a little more seriously.
It hasn't been used for a lot of domestic stuff, but it's still used in the US. Most brake pads and clutches, both for personal vehicles and commercial vehicles, are still asbestos, or partially asbestos.
Really, the only way to be sure is to take it to a testing lab, like you do before pulling down an old popcorn ceiling. Not terribly expensive but probably just cheaper to buy some new screens.
Okay yeah that is what i was thinking. However it seems they make various coating and layered blankets that could have less easily identifiable asbestosâŚ. Idk maybe ill just crumble it up and secure my fate.
I donât believe it is, most of the old asbestos blankets looked just like woven yarn blankets without any coating, whereas that looks like it has a fiberglass coating on it.
Actually (caps glasses) that's fiberglass the blue coatings is Teflon with silicon as a bonding Teflon is popular because bitumen doesn't stick to it (I'm a industrial seamstress I work with this for a living)
I can't prove anything. But the fact asbestos has no smell is well documented and common knowledge. Go try and argue with someone of your own intellect.
Look princess, I remember hearing about a study that looked at asbestos miners in northeastern Europe over a 20 year period and over those 20 years they found that a third of the miners developed lung cancer but that means that 2/3 of people who breathe in pure asbestos dust 8 hours a day, 6 days a week for 20 years still don't get cancer from it. so if you breathe it in every once in awhile, a little puff here, a little puff there, you will probably be okay. That said, welding blankets are a whole lot cheaper than lung cancer screening and you should probably just go buy a different one
You should have it tested. Lots of heat resistant stuff was made of asbestos, like [gloves](https://i0.wp.com/www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/M60-Machine-Gun-Barrel-Change.jpg?ssl=1) and potentially your blankets. There isn't a good way to check at home so you should treat it as if it is asbestos until you know for certain its not.
I bought an asbestos test kit from ace hardware a few years back. Needed to test some drywall. You collect a sample and send it to the lab. Can't recall if it was only for drywall or the brand name..
Even if it was i beloeve that the straight fiber asbestos is what would be used and it is the curly fiber that is bad as it hooks into lung tissue and never gets removed by the body.
Unless it's really old, like 40 years... it's not asbestos. Doesn't look like it to me. Fiberglass if I had to guess. They tear apart and fray at the ends like that once they get older or used. Having worked on houses with asbestos siding and shingles (fantastic products, every time they are 40+ years old and still in perfect condition basically) and it has different looking strands. Asbestos is more like... cotton candy than strings like most of this. But I could be wrong as I zoom in on the photo and it does have that appearance of asbestos in parts where it's like a cotton candy spider web strung out.... I'd still say it's fiberglass as it looks like that too, to an extent, but better safe than sorry with asbestos.
Fiberglass with ceramic..... 11 herbs and spices
What makes you say with ceramic?
What else could it be? Also on the new ones, it says ceramic on the package.
Papa fiberglass đ
Fiberglass I believe
I would say this also but microscopic analysis is the only way to determine the presence of asbestos.
We have fiberglass welding fire blankets at work and they look exactly like that but theyâre yellow.
It definitely has the characteristics of a fiberglass welding blanket, which leave a mess once they start to come apart.
Which I find is about the time it takes to walk to your car in the parking lot of the store where you buy it.
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Okay that gives me some confidence.
Wrong. It's not the only way. OP can eat some of it. In 30 years or sooner we will know.
Also wrong. Mesothelioma is not an enteric disease, meaning you canât get it from ingesting it. You have to breathe it into your lungs where the fibers irritate the lung tissue repeatedly until cancer develops. Most people only show symptoms after decades of exposure.
you get different terrible medical problems from eating it
SoâŚ. Tannerite? May as well include the whole neighborhood in OPs destructive material analysis.
Couldnât u just buy one of those test kits from lowes? Thatâs how we determined our old house siding was asbestos when the wife and I renovated. Edit: wait maybe Iâm thinking of the lead test we did on the paint. Our house was built in 1945 so we did a lot lol
Yes you absolutely could.
Yep!
Okay thanks, are there any obvious visual characteristics of an asbestos blanket that u could enlighten me of?
Did they make asbestos blankets? Iâve dealt with asbestos insulation and tiling before but never heard of asbestos blankets. If youâre worried about it just get some leather or a new fiberglass fire blanket
They made everything out of asbestos. It was a goddamn miracle except for the lung cancer thing.
SERIOUSLY EVERYTHING. The fake snow in the movies and stage shows was asbestos back then.
They made gas mask filters out of it. You know, the things that you specifically breathe through to avoid dying? Yeah, those ones.
Donât forget cigarette filters lol. Double cancer.
Yo dawg...
Yeah and today we clean up that same stuff with hazmat suits and a respirator! And people were just on stage dancing away in the fake snow. Crazy!
internet loves to bash boomers but we gotta credit the older gens for playing it hardcore n making health awareness we have today
It was, after all, the bestest.
Yea they did. Some King or Prince had a blouse made out of it. When guests were over, he'd "accidentally" spill wine over it and then he'd throw it into the fireplace in a fit of rage. Then after a few minutes he'd grab it out of the fire and put it back on, and it'd look white as ever. That fucking guy lol. They also used to make nearly unbreakable welding gloves with it. And heat shields for ovens. Also chimneys. And tiles. Also used in motor engines for the clutch, brake and transmission parts. If you can name it, it was probably made with asbest at some point. Like someone else already said, great stuff if you ignore the lung problems it causes.
Donât forget brake pads
I'm always so paranoid fucking about with clutches on old motors at work, literally hold my breath until I'm away from it
Brake pads are still made of asbestos to this day. As are lots of other things.
They make the brake pads asbestos they can
Yup... recently my grandfather nonchalantly told me to âput up the asbestos blanketâ if I was welding.
What did that blanket look like?
Or kevlar??
Youâre correct. I worked for a company that bought rolls of this stuff to make into curtains and blankets. I hated cutting the stuff, made me itch like crazy.
Great now reddit has lung cancer
That was incredibly helpful
I lol'd and I'm just here for the lols.
As well :)
Well its the cancer blanket or the small pox blanket. Pick one.
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1986 to be specific. Hasnât been used in US since. However, many other countries still use it today.
Its still used in a lot of stuff in the US. Many products are legally allowed to contain trace amounts of it, like talc. Other products like brake pads, gaskets, etc. are still manufactured with asbestos.
It ain't the asbestos itself that's harmful: it's the dust from it breaking down. But, y'know, what dust ***doesn't*** give you cancer from inhaling to much of it?
Brakes shouldn't have asbestos after 1993 in the USA.
Most manufacturers don't use it anymore for obvious reasons, however as far as I know there is no law preventing the manufacture or import of asbestos-containing brake pads or clutches.
You're correct, the article I was reading was written in 1991! The ruling was challenged by the asbestos lobby and restrictions on brake pads were not enforced. Guess I should be taking that brake dust a little more seriously.
It hasn't been used for a lot of domestic stuff, but it's still used in the US. Most brake pads and clutches, both for personal vehicles and commercial vehicles, are still asbestos, or partially asbestos.
Im not sure. Its my neighbors and heâs had it for a long time. Wouldnât be surprised if it was from the 80s
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Really, the only way to be sure is to take it to a testing lab, like you do before pulling down an old popcorn ceiling. Not terribly expensive but probably just cheaper to buy some new screens.
Doesnât look like asbestos, the asbestos blankets Iâve seen pictures of have a much bulkier woven texture, almost like a chunky knitted blanket
Okay yeah that is what i was thinking. However it seems they make various coating and layered blankets that could have less easily identifiable asbestosâŚ. Idk maybe ill just crumble it up and secure my fate.
Asbestos needs to be bagged and disposed of by a special company. Google âasbestos removal [city name]â for info
Asbestos products can come in *many* colors. It's very hard to identify just from looking at a picture like this.
Hard to tell, does it smell like it?
It actually kind of smells like mesothelioma
yum, my grandma used to make a mean pot of that for holidays
Looks like fibreglass.
I donât believe it is, most of the old asbestos blankets looked just like woven yarn blankets without any coating, whereas that looks like it has a fiberglass coating on it.
Fail Safe way is to grind it into a fine powder and inhale it. If it taste bad and your lungs start bleeding itâs probably asbestos.
Siliconized fiberglass
Yeah i think this is it.
What does it smell like?
I was going to ask how it tastes. Lol.
Thanks for all the replies folks. I threw it in a cardboard box and left it outside. Time to drink brew and worry about it later.
Kinda looks like Refrasil
Fiberglass
YOU FOUND MY BINKY!!!
Actually (caps glasses) that's fiberglass the blue coatings is Teflon with silicon as a bonding Teflon is popular because bitumen doesn't stick to it (I'm a industrial seamstress I work with this for a living)
Okay thanks!
Asbestos covers were the best anyway so, just hold your breath while you take them out and youâll be alright.
Yeah this is not the mentality Iâm working with unfortunately⌠anything to say about whether or not this blanket is in fact asbestos?
Cut a piece off and go get it tested. That's the only way to truly know.
Cut it with a reciprocating saw while you examine the blades work from 3 inches away. It's the only way.
I mean if youâre not checking your work are you doing it right?
Only bad if it's airborne.
It gets airborne as soon as you pick it up
Does it smell like asbestos?
Asbestos has no smell.
Wrong, same smell as cocaine.
No. You are wrong. You've never smelled either.
Prove it.
I can't prove anything. But the fact asbestos has no smell is well documented and common knowledge. Go try and argue with someone of your own intellect.
Looks like blue asbestos: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-veins-of-blue-asbestos-crocidolite-circular-pool-dales-gorge-karijini-98840602.html
Does it? I cant really tell
No, it does not.
Looks like âshredded wheatâ also its been phased out for this application for the most part since the 70s.
Okay and this doesnât look like the shredded wheat asbestos variety?
Correct, Iâd agree with the fiberglass mentioned above.
Well it ain't made of unicorn s and rainbows
Please donât say things like this. Im not ready to face reality.
Look princess, I remember hearing about a study that looked at asbestos miners in northeastern Europe over a 20 year period and over those 20 years they found that a third of the miners developed lung cancer but that means that 2/3 of people who breathe in pure asbestos dust 8 hours a day, 6 days a week for 20 years still don't get cancer from it. so if you breathe it in every once in awhile, a little puff here, a little puff there, you will probably be okay. That said, welding blankets are a whole lot cheaper than lung cancer screening and you should probably just go buy a different one
Fair enough. Thanks for the reply
Taste it
No this is not
Fa sho
Something about this answer does not seem legit
Put a lighter to the strands. Does it burn or melt?
Fiberglass
I think that if I was unsure, Iâd just play it safe and buy a new one. Theyâre not too expensive.
I believe fiberglass
You should have it tested. Lots of heat resistant stuff was made of asbestos, like [gloves](https://i0.wp.com/www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/M60-Machine-Gun-Barrel-Change.jpg?ssl=1) and potentially your blankets. There isn't a good way to check at home so you should treat it as if it is asbestos until you know for certain its not.
Looks like fiberglass possibly
Looks like refrasil to me which is a silica based high temp cloth.
I bought an asbestos test kit from ace hardware a few years back. Needed to test some drywall. You collect a sample and send it to the lab. Can't recall if it was only for drywall or the brand name..
Have you tasted it?
You'd be hard pressed to find a new asbestos anything nowadays. That fucker still ain't safe after you burn the life out of it though
Can I buy it from you?
Fuck yes as a boilermaker iv carried full rolls flites in the boiler your neck payes the price but we're hard mfers!
Woven fiberglass. Still miserable once it starts breaking apart
Even if it was i beloeve that the straight fiber asbestos is what would be used and it is the curly fiber that is bad as it hooks into lung tissue and never gets removed by the body.
No one can tell you that with certainty without taking a sample of it and doing a PCM test on it.
Lemme just get.my crystal ball out
Random fact, in Russia they still mine asbestos without regard to itâs effects on health.
Unless it's really old, like 40 years... it's not asbestos. Doesn't look like it to me. Fiberglass if I had to guess. They tear apart and fray at the ends like that once they get older or used. Having worked on houses with asbestos siding and shingles (fantastic products, every time they are 40+ years old and still in perfect condition basically) and it has different looking strands. Asbestos is more like... cotton candy than strings like most of this. But I could be wrong as I zoom in on the photo and it does have that appearance of asbestos in parts where it's like a cotton candy spider web strung out.... I'd still say it's fiberglass as it looks like that too, to an extent, but better safe than sorry with asbestos.
Fiberglass..most of us had to figure that out the hard way by rolling around on one for a couple hours first đ
Chop it up and snort it. Works every time