paper inside ABS pipe??

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I found some kind of paper inside a vertical ABS plastic drain pipe (1.5 inches diameter, for a bathroom sink). It seems all the inside of the ABS pipe is coated with tar or kraft paper, it's black/gray/brown with fibers. Does anyone know if this paper contains asbestos and why it is there? The house was buit in 1986. I had to cut through it two times with a handsaw.
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Thank you very much HJ, Kreemoweet.
I thought about soap but wasn't sure when I saw fibers inside.
I took a picture, just in case someone saw that before, it will be nice to report here,
after searching everywhere in Google I'm very curious to know.
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The only thing that I can think of is that you have cellular core abs which somehow delaminated. I don't know exactly how cell core is manufactured, so I don't know for sure that it could separate like that.
 
jimbo said:
The only thing that I can think of is that you have cellular core abs which somehow delaminated. I don't know exactly how cell core is manufactured, so I don't know for sure that it could separate like that.
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Never heard about this before.. I'll investigate.
Thanks.
 
Besides the date of build...

How the hell would someone line abs piping with paper anyways, I'm sure that is not it.
 
I found this, and I am sorry, but, it made me laugh, lol.
here goes:

Medical uses of asbestos included an asbestos foot powder which used 50% by weight of powdered asbestos and talc.

NOW, that... is weird... :) foot powder? LOL. WHY?

here is the rest of the site, I am shocked to see it was used in so many things, this is interesting.

http://inspectapedia.com/sickhouse/asbestoslook9.htm
 
being vertical, soap and crud mixed with hair could form a very nice 'fiber' coating. Use a microscope to have a good look at the fiber.
 
Cookie said:
I found this, and I am sorry, but, it made me laugh, lol.
here goes:

Medical uses of asbestos included an asbestos foot powder which used 50% by weight of powdered asbestos and talc.

NOW, that... is weird... :) foot powder? LOL. WHY?

here is the rest of the site, I am shocked to see it was used in so many things, this is interesting.

http://inspectapedia.com/sickhouse/asbestoslook9.htm
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Yes, asbestos was used in many products. also what is wierd, but true: did you ever wonder where the expression "stop blowing smoke up my ass" came from? check out this description and demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uEJbwGYaDs Maybe smoking also was good for you at one time:p
 
It's not cell core, it's written CSA B181.1 on the pipe.
I don't know what it was but it's strange nobody have seen this before if it's soap.
 
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