I'm no scientist, but every time I've found asbestos in either our
old house in Arkansas(built in 1943) or in the banana coolers at the
warehouse where I worked, the asbestos had a distinctive "mint green"
color to it.  Not sure about the floor tiles at our current church
though, haven't peeled them up yet

I realize the old timey brake shoes that had asbestos in them
probably weren't mint green, but YMMV.  Yes, I don't know what I'm
talking about, but I try asbestos I can.

Been a while sincha heard that one.....

DM&FS

At 03:10 PM 8/6/2008, Oliver Mueller-Heubach wrote:
>Hi- having inadvertently soaked the guts of one accordion tube (80
>Westy), I have it out in the sun to dry. The inside is a wire basket
>tube with a white wrap and a grey wrap. The grey looks to be recycled
>cotton fluff, but the white is, I'm guessing, friable asbestos, or?
>If it is, I'm not too thrilled about it being in the heater line (now
>that I know what is in there, it makes me paranoid). So, can I just
>encapsulate the wire tube/insulation in aluminum foil? With it being
>a plastic tube and having the cotton wrap it can't get hot enough to
>burn the foil, right? Thanks
>
>Oliver Mueller-Heubach
>groundhogging@mac.com