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A porcelain knob that can be affixed to the underside of a toilet seat to prevent the user from lifting or lowering the seat with their hand is new from Daisvlift. Inc.

Porcelain was specifically used for Daisylift because of its non-porous surface, which is said to inhibit the growth of bacteria.

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Cedar-Look Vinyl Siding

Sporting a natural cedar woodgrain finish, Alcoa Building Products, Inc.'s new vinyl siding panel has a nominal .044" thickness that is said to resist dents and scratches.

Highland Falls reportedly never needs painting or staining, does not absorb water, resists wood-boring insects, fungus and mildew, and withstands UV light, pollutants, impact and outdoor elements.

The panels come in 15 colors.

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Treater lntroduces Fixed Borate Formula

Brackett Brothers Corp., Morgan- progress, we have enough evidence to ton, N.C., has become the first pres- begin introducing our preservative sure treater to offer a borate-based into U.S. and international markets." product with a binding agent reported- Since 1994, co-founders Grantham ly so effective that it can be used in- and Robert Weaver have been workground. ing to develop an alternative to arsenic

On July l, Brackett Brothers began and petroleum base pesticides that treating with EnviroSafe Plus, a water- could be manufactured without heavy based wood preservative containing metals. "It's been common knowlsodium silicate, boron and a propri- edge for some time that sodium silietary binder. "We are very pleased to cate and boron have great potential as be able to offer our customers an wood preservatives. The problem was effective and environmentally friendly finding a binding agent or process to alternative for their treated wood keep these elements in the wood so needs," says president Ted Brackett. they would be effective for exterior "With EnviroSafe Plus we will be able use," v.p. Weaver explains. to expand our wood protection and Reportedly, their patented binding preserving services to include hard- process effectively affixes the silicate woods, log structures, beams, panel and boron into the wood, providing a board materials like OSB, MDF, parti- barrier against termites and fungi. "As cleboard and all types of siding." we continued with various testing and

The key to the new preservative is research projects, we found that our its unique binder agent, which affixes new formulation offers a number of the sodium silicate and boron into the additional benefits not available with wood. "Over the past l8 months, we current pressure treating preservahave made tremendous strides with tives," adds Grantham. Additional our formulation and subsequent test benefits include: the ability to treat results," says Robert Grantham, presi- green wood, improving wood stability; dent and c.e.o. of EnviroSafe, Fort Class II fire retardancy; preservation Myers, Fl. "While we have a number of the wood's natural color, and ability of exciting research projects still in for the wood to be sealed, stained or painted 72 hours after treatment.

EnviroSafe's roll-out strategy is to first build demand among retailers, builders and consumers, then to enlist treaters to serve them. Coastal areas in the Southeast and Southwest were chosen as starting points due to recent "noise" there expressing environmental concerns over CCA.

The EnviroSafe treating process is relatively the same as current pressure treating procedures, so an existing cylinder easily can be converted to a dedicated EnviroSafe cylinder.

"Our mission is to enhance the quality of treated wood," Grantham says. "Our focus over the next few years is to establish EnviroSafe Plus as the new standard for treated wood."

New SYP Mill Opening

Rocky Creek Lumber Co., a new southern yellow pine small timber manufacturer, is constructing a mill in Mexia, Al., for a mid-July start-up.

General mgr. Randall Robinson oversees the fully-optimized facility, which will produce 60 million bd. ft. annually. Wayne Brooks is sales mgr. in the firm's Greenville. Al.. sales office. Both men previously worked for Union Camp Corp.