New Manufactured 2 x 4s Are a Particleboard Sandwich

Corn-P1y, a wood product developed by the U.S. Forest Service ald private industry is a iumber-like product made like a sandwich with outside faci:rgs of solid wood aud centers of particleboard (ground-up wood and bark particles bonded together with giue). For example, Com-Ply 2 x 4 studs like the ones being used on an Aturapoiis, Md., test house have particleboard centers with 1/3" solid wood vetteers laminated to the 2" sides of the studs.

It was developed to totally utilize trees for wood products. In the malufacture of sawn lumber, the stiff outer portion of a tree is often chipped irtto low-valued puip chips while the center portion is made into lumber. Com-Ply reverses that process, usi:rg the high strength, stiff wood from the outer tree for facings aud the ilner portiou for particleboard.

In the Com-Ply process, more than 90% of a log ends up as lumber, about double the amoutrt of sawtr lumber generally obtafured frorn a 1og. Prelimilary research ittdicated it has less warpage and less variability in strength and stiffness thal sawu lumber. Cost studies indicate it cart be priced competitively with sawn lumber. Particleboard for the studs was made by Georgia-Pacific Corporatiou; U.S. Plywood Corporation laminated the studs.

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Better than two-thirds of the time. it's the woman of the house who makes the final color selection when it comes to finishing wood.

That's one of many facts uncovered by Minwax Co. in a recently completed nationwide study of consumer attitudes and buying habits in the wood finishing field.

While husband and wife take fairly equal parts in the purchase of wood finishing products and the actual finishing chores, the wife usually makes the decision on color, the Minwax study showed. Very often, this means she is also responsible for brand selection.

Color cards are considered extremely valuable in the selection of wood finish. When a color card is taken home. it usually results in a decision on color (and brand preference) before the consumer returns to the point of sale.

Another factor which gives the consumer confidence in his or her choice, is a display of actual wood samples at the point of sale. Highly regarded are those samplers showing effects on hard and soft woods.

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