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Old 3/3/09, 3:07 PM
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White granular substance about 3/16th of an inch. Brittle and crumbly to the touch. Never saw anything like this. It might not even be insulation, just something that was spilled in a section of the attic. Any ideas?
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Bill, I don't know what the white stuff is but that's Vermiculite on the right side of the first picture I BET...
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I agree with Dale on they gray stuff being Vermiculite.

The other "white" looks like and might be >>> http://www.perlite.net/


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I agree with Dale on they gray stuff being Vermiculite.

The other "white" looks like and might be >>> http://www.perlite.net/
what he said.


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I saw the vermiculite and run across it quite often here, but perlite is a new one. Good info. Thanks guys.


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