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Thread #101747   Message #2056549
Posted By: GUEST,Blindlemonsteve
19-May-07 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Asbestos Question???
Subject: RE: BS: Asbestos Question???
Hairspray will be sufficient to stick micro fibres together, you would be amazed at the results we used to get when we got a failure from the analysts.

Depending on what type of Asbestos you have, if its board, i.e white cement asbestos, just use a mask, keep area well ventilated and remove it trying not to break too much, if its blue lagging asbestos.... do not even touch it, get a pro in to sort it out, it will cost you, but at least you know your gonna be safe. I am sure the authorities wouldnt be happy if they found out you have wrapped up asbestos and painted it in a building used by the public.

Just a quick story, when i was stripping a site one day, we were outside having a break and this old man came up and congratulated us on a job well done, we thought he was a bit of a nutter, but he went on to tell us that him and his 4 brothjers worked in the shipping industry. During the war, they were building warships, his brothers jobs were to line the hull with blue asbestos, he wanted to get down there because the money was better, but he was too young, so he had to mix it on the deck. All his brothers were dead withing 12 years.