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G6Tanuki · 16th May 2021, 8:38 pm

That looks like a ceramic former to me.

I've not really seen asbestos in the 'front-end' of hairdryers - they always seemed to use a ceramic former like the one you show, or a sort-of X-shaped one made from Mica.

16th May 2021, 8:38 pm	#7
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Does this 1960s hairdryer contain asbestos? That looks like a ceramic former to me. I've not really seen asbestos in the 'front-end' of hairdryers - they always seemed to use a ceramic former like the one you show, or a sort-of X-shaped one made from Mica.