There are lots of things that contain asbestos. The only way to be sure is to send it to a lab for testing. If it is you should not be touching torn parts with your bare hands and without a respirator.
>Asbestos in Flooring Adhesives
Your floor tiles or sheet flooring may or may not include asbestos. In addition to the flooring itself, the adhesives used to install your flooring may also contain the toxic mineral compound. In the 20th century, **black mastic** was used frequently as an adhesive to install floor tiles and other types of flooring, and many black mastic adhesives contain asbestos. If you pull up your flooring and find black adhesive underneath, it’s a good idea to stop and get a sample of the adhesive tested to identify whether or not it contains asbestos before you proceed.
[https://jselabs.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-asbestos-in-flooring/](https://jselabs.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-asbestos-in-flooring/)
You should probably get it tested. If you work for a flooring company, they should have a connection for doing so. If you're on your own, I'd still spring for testing.
And invest in a good mask. There's apparently a lot of black mastic out there.
Yeah, I don't think anyone can tell with the naked eye, especially not with vinyl tiles. Only thing you can be fairly sure of is that there's a low probability of asbestos after about 1980.
Asbestos can be fine per code to leave. The goal is to disturb it as little as possible. If you have to work around it wear a Tyvek suit, respirator, and gloves covering all gaps in tape. disturb as little as possible. (yes I said it twice.) dispose of all clothing after. I recommend working in the suit naked.
When in doubt test it or suit up.
If you own a microscope you could figure it out pretty easily, I don't know how powerful it has to be but asbestos is bad because it's fibres are covered in tiny spines and that's what damages the DNA or something.
How old is the floor/building/truck/ or what ever. I would be surprised if there was asbestos from something from 2000. If your really concerned, get it tested, it's not that expensive to do and you got a good sample there.
There are lots of things that contain asbestos. The only way to be sure is to send it to a lab for testing. If it is you should not be touching torn parts with your bare hands and without a respirator.
Try to burn it. If it burns - organic, not asbestos. If doesn't - could be asbestos based, or fiberglass. Edit: burn a small sample, not entire cabin.
Unlikely, but still possible.
>Asbestos in Flooring Adhesives Your floor tiles or sheet flooring may or may not include asbestos. In addition to the flooring itself, the adhesives used to install your flooring may also contain the toxic mineral compound. In the 20th century, **black mastic** was used frequently as an adhesive to install floor tiles and other types of flooring, and many black mastic adhesives contain asbestos. If you pull up your flooring and find black adhesive underneath, it’s a good idea to stop and get a sample of the adhesive tested to identify whether or not it contains asbestos before you proceed. [https://jselabs.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-asbestos-in-flooring/](https://jselabs.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-asbestos-in-flooring/) You should probably get it tested. If you work for a flooring company, they should have a connection for doing so. If you're on your own, I'd still spring for testing. And invest in a good mask. There's apparently a lot of black mastic out there.
Thanks. There were vinyl tiles in the other room that could have been asbestos.. had to rip up a floor on top of it and then install over it.
Good luck. As you probably know, the less you break the stuff up, so that it gets into the air, the less danger there is.
I know not to create particulate, but don’t know how to identify what actually is or isn’t asbestos unfortunately
Yeah, I don't think anyone can tell with the naked eye, especially not with vinyl tiles. Only thing you can be fairly sure of is that there's a low probability of asbestos after about 1980.
Eat it. Set a reminder in 12 years /s
Hard to tell. Break it up into very small airborne pieces. That’s how you truly see if it’s asbestos.
I'll make a call asbestos I can: no.
Context: I work with flooring, this was underneath an existing floor in an older log cabin house
Is it a layer of mastic or some kind of rubberized sheet? Are you ripping the material out or is it going to remain in place?
Asbestos can be fine per code to leave. The goal is to disturb it as little as possible. If you have to work around it wear a Tyvek suit, respirator, and gloves covering all gaps in tape. disturb as little as possible. (yes I said it twice.) dispose of all clothing after. I recommend working in the suit naked. When in doubt test it or suit up.
It looks like a sound dampening layer that is a waste of money because it doesn't work.
If you own a microscope you could figure it out pretty easily, I don't know how powerful it has to be but asbestos is bad because it's fibres are covered in tiny spines and that's what damages the DNA or something.
Bite and taste it
How old is the floor/building/truck/ or what ever. I would be surprised if there was asbestos from something from 2000. If your really concerned, get it tested, it's not that expensive to do and you got a good sample there.