VINTAGE HIGH-TEMP AIRCRAFT WIRE

[Nolan Lee]

At 06:05 PM 3/3/99 -0600, you wrote:

>I found an unused role of aircraft wire.  The tag says
>it was made in 1952.  It is #18, seven .0159 diameter strands,

>The wire was made by Rockbestos Products Corp.

Try burning a short piece with a propane torch. Fiberglass will burn.
Asbestos won't. My bet is that it's asbestos.

You might want to go to their website and fire them off an
email if you don't want to try the torch test. Here's their
web address: http://www.rockbestos.com/index.htm

nolan



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