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Old 6/5/11, 1:41 AM
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Gotcha the first time Joe.

Care to add to the discussion, and tell us why you call it as Perlite, when the pic's are inconclusive? With out more info from Buck, it is anyone's guess.
pic is perlite

do you think something different?


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The material was soft & light.


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Rock wool
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Old 6/11/11, 5:10 AM
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It's hard to tell from photos, but resembles Perlite. Even though it's not designed as loose fill attic insulation I've seen it used in this matter before.

http://www.perlite.net/
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