[HoodPin]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

.......People get sick from asbestos after long term extensive exposure not a little bit here and there. ...

And how many here were doing their own drum brake shoe replacements back when asbestos was still being used in those products? IIRC, blowing out the old dust from the drum was part of the process.

[Vicegrip]

Originally Posted by HoodPin

And how many here were doing their own drum brake shoe replacements back when asbestos was still being used in those products? IIRC, blowing out the old dust from the drum was part of the process.

People are still blowing out brake pad dust into a giant cloud and standing in it. Forget the now removed rock wool there is all kinds of stuff you don't want in your air bags in modern pads.

[Dr K]

Originally Posted by Vicegrip

This. It is not plutonium. I use a garden sprayer to wet the work area and then run a sharp edged long handle tool under them to remove. Don't make the dust in the first place by working it wet. Mop/wetvac things up and your rock wool goes down the drain not all over your house. Black mastic often called cutback does have some fibers in it but very little and there are solvents that can be mopped down to soften it. There are also tile mastics that say they can be troweled over old cutback. I have installed tile over old cutback and also did the full removal thing. Both worked. YMMV.


People get sick from asbestos after long term extensive exposure not a little bit here and there.


Besides I learned from the whole foods/mother earth gang that It can't be bad for you if it is an all natural product.

What he said. Also remember:
Risk of lung cancer from asbestos exposure in non-smokers is less than no asbestos exposure in smokers. The real problem is asbestos exposure when your "mucocilliary clearance system" is paralyzed from smoking cigarettes.

If you want a respirator and don't want to fork out for a one-time use (they are not particularly expensive, though), I live close to you and you can borrow mine. PM me.

Peter

[Rick K]

Originally Posted by BlackTalon

The tiles are usually considered non-friable them you remove it with scrapers, etc. No grinders or saws allowed. You don't need a special asbestos abatement company for the tiles. You may want to sample/ test the mastic as well. If that has asbestos you may need to pony up some $$ to have a certified company do the removal.

This. Just went through all of this in our "new" house basement. The adhesive didn't have asbestos, tiles did. I hosed down the tiles with water and dish soap and scraped them up.

[BlackTalon]

An effective respirator is one that has been properly fit to your face. Anything less and you are fooling yourself if you truly deal with friable asbestos.

[roundel]

Originally Posted by BlackTalon

An effective respirator is one that has been properly fit to your face. Anything less and you are fooling yourself if you truly deal with friable asbestos.

This is true, but not all that difficult. Rule one is NO Facial Hair! Next a negative pressure test: Cover the inlets for the filter cartridges and inhale. If there is leakage, the mask does not fit. This test should be performed every time a mask is donned. Use the proper cartridges for the known hazard, and replace per manufacturer's specifications.

[88carrera]

Thanks everyone,

Hopefully its just the tiles and not cutback. If the cutback contains asbestos I don't want to mess with it and would rather put mastic right over it. Peter I will pm you after I close on the house.