fqp25 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I've never seen this before, it was all over this attic (the brown stuff). Some under newer fiberglass. The house is early 1950's. Thanks, Frank Image Insert: 181.4 KB Image Insert: 149.58 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Hi, It's paper (cellulose). Used in the 40's into the mid-50's. Think party streamers 16 inches wide, treated so they won't burn and in multi-layers. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Kimsul. Jim Katen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 both are right. mostly produced from inner layer of bark(s) and kelp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Jim's right (as usual..) Kimsul... See it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 As said, it's Kimsul, made of paper by Kimberly Clark from the 30's into the 50's. It was treated initially for fire retardancy, but whenever I have tested it, it burns readily. I advise getting rid of it. Trivia: I found it a few times before I finally found a batt which had a legible label on it. In researching it, I found it was used in refrigerators, automobile dashes (for sound deadening) and Quonset huts during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 OK... I had to bite. Anybody out there know why 'Quonset Huts" are called that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 From Wikipedia: A Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated steel having a semicircular cross section. The design was based on the Nissen hut developed by the British during World War I. The name comes from their site of first manufacture, Quonset Point, at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville (a village located within the town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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