LETTERS

The Right Nail

I should like to cornrnent on the article in the Nov. 1991 issue, "The right nail for the right job."

Mechanical galvanized nails do not necessarily have thin or uneven protective coatings. By the nature of the process, an even coating is deposited on the nail. It is up to the manufacturer as to how much protective coating is deposited on the nail. There is a direct correlation as to how much coating is applied and cost savings to the manufacturer.

The 1987 Wire Journal InternationaL points out that correctly applied mechanical galvanizing at equivalent thickness had better corrosion resistance than the hot dip spun galvanizing.

We at Dickson Weatherproof Nail mechanically galvanize our nails to a 2.0 mil specification. In addition, we produce the Neverust finish that is three times (1000 hours) as rust resistant as hot dip galvanizing.

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I do agree with your article that unless "top quality nails" are used your customers will probably have problems. But there are "Top Quality" nails available to the retailer that are dornestically produced, mechanically galvanized and available at very competitive prices. In our 66 year history we have many satisfied customers of our Stainless, Alurninum and mechanically galvanized nails throughout the United States.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to set the record straight.

Dean Killian

VP, Sales and Marketing

Dickson Weatherproof Nail P.O. Box 590

Evanston, ll.60204

WHERE'D ANTI-STAIN GO?

Several years ago we had mills that used anti-stain treatment on their green Douglas fir and it did a good job. What happened to that procedure? With srnaller trees today, there is a lot of soft (sap) wood and it really does burn and stain.

We watch it very closely, but still lose part of a unit when stain isn't found in time. If it isn't illegal, anti-stain treatment would be a good selling point. It would sure help us retailers to eliminate a fair amount of loss. Would you check into this and see if it could be reinvented?

Jimmy Jones

Foster Lurnber Yards Inc.

3280 Sonoma Blvd.

Vallejo, Ca. 94590

How about it readers, any suggestions? -editor.

Tell Your Customers you saw it in The Merchant i,lagazine

2nd John Day, Or., MillClosed

Blaming a slumping housing market, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co., Riddle, Or., has closed sawmill subsidiary Oregon Pine Lumber Co., John Day, Or., hoping for a spring reopening.

Oregon Pine is also among negotiators for the possible purchase of shuttered John Day Lumber Co., John Day. Observers speculate that if the sale occurs, Oregon Pine staff would be transferred to John Day Lumber Co. and Oregon Pine facilities would remain closed.

Song Supports Timber Industry

An audio cassette, "I'm a Tree," written and recorded by Norm Murray, responds to the preservationist's nouse philosophy threatening the forest products industry's timber supply. (See editorial p. 6)

The president of UoC Coatings Corp. wrote the song for elementary school students although itwill alsohelp adults to understand the timber industry and its stewardship of the nation's forestlands. The message is presented in a catchy hand clapping, toe tapping format. "We're the Forest Families of the

Country" is on the flip side.

Any profits from the sale of the cassettes will be donated to Project Learning Tree. (See ordering information on page 46.)

Depot Installation Services

Home Depot, which tested an instal- lation service program at 22 stores including Orlando, Fl., and San Diego, Ca., units, will expand the program in t992.

Installation service will be added in a number of other markets this year with a companywide rollout tobecompleted within the next two to three years.

Flexible Mouldings

Flexible mouldings from Resinart Corp. provide an economic alternative for half round windows, curved stairwells, arch windows orany other application where wood won't bend.