NEW PRODUGTS

And Selected Sales Aids

Colorful Housewares

New products from Rubbermaid include twelve items to help make life easier around the home. A step-on wastebasket holds a standard grocery bag or l3-gal. liner and is all plastic with no parts to rust. It has a suggested retail price of $12.95 and comes in almond, chocolate, gold and yellow with a white lid.

The Catch 'n Carry clothes hamper and laundry basket performs two basic functions. With the lid it stores laundry in the home; lift off the lid and it travels to the laundry. In color with a white lid, the suggested retail price is $10.95.

Convenient for storage, Stackers mount parallel or at 9CP angles and come in popular colors with a suggested retail price of 94.98 each. They can be mobilized with a caster set available for $2.49 which includes four easy-to-install casters. The offer appears on product labels. Also new is a 30-sal. refuse container in chocolate oi dark avocado with a suggested retail price of 918.95, and a 16-quart Roughneck bucket with a sturdy metal bail. The bucket has spouts on both sides for con- trolled pouring and recessed grips at the base. Its suggested retail price is $5.49.

Helpers in the kitchen include a basting and pastry brush and also a spreading spatula, available singly or as a set. Both are top-rack dishwasher safe with suggested retail prices of $1.49 for the brush and 98Q for the spatula. The set is a suggested $l.98.

Calico shelf liner comes in blue. burnt orange, gr€en and yellow with a suggested retail price of $1.59 for either the 12" wide x l0' long roll, or the 22" wide x 5' long roll.

A turn top pitcher shaker holds two quarts of beverage. Turning the lid adjusts the rate of flow for pouring and the wide handle provides a comfortable grip. In almond, the turn top pitcher shaker has lids available in several colors. The suggested retail price is $3.49.

Tumblers are also new in four sizes, 6-o2., 9-o2., l2-oz. and 16-oz. with etched floral designs, they come in tints of amber, blue. qreen and smoke. Their suggested retail prices, respectively, are 599, 79q, 89A, and 9%. Also new is a l2-oz. clear stout tumbler at a suggested retail price of 895,, plus a clear l4-oz. mug at a suggested retail price of $1.19.

Keep Home Fires Burning

A new, low cost electronic fuel gauge for residential and commercial wood stoves and furnaces that helps make sure the fire never soes out is from Stove Sentry, Inc.

Model Ssl0i sounds an alarm beeper when the wood supply in a stove or furnace needs replenishing. It has a knob adiustment for settins day or night burning rates.

Powered by one 9 volt transistor battery, the solid state gauge consists of a 43/a" x ZYa" x 2Y2" , 12 oz. control box (wall or table mount), 20' of connecting wire, and a fuel sensor that attaches without tools to anv stove or furnace pipe. Up to 150' oi connecting wire can be used.

Floor Tile Adhesive

3C All-Purpose Floor Tile Adhesive works indoors and outdoors to bond all types of floor tiles.

A thin-coat, brush-on formula is said to give great economy with less squeeze-out because of minimal spread. It adheres to plywood, saturated felt, existing tile and clean concrete floors with a strong initial grab and positive adhesion to prevent slippage.

Wet adhesive cleans up with water. Available in qt. and gal. cans, 3lz and 5 gal. pails.

Just Like A Pro

Vaughan Pro-Rocker wallboard hammers incorporate for the do-ityourselfer features suggested by professional wallboard installers.

The hammer is now made with both l3Yz" and 16" handles to suit individual preferences. Each is best grade white hickory wedeed to the head. The milled fice has-a hish crown to provide nailhead indentition needed for good bonding and smooth finishing of the joint compound.

Hammer head is aneled to the handle to provide knuckl6 clearance and allow nailing close in to ceilings and corners. Heads are full polished; thin blade has a 2Va" c\t, and is provided with a nail slot.

Water Turn-off

The new Gade shower Flo-Control@ unit reportedly reduces water consumption and water heating costs, paying for itself in one month.

It permits complete shut-off of water while soaking or soaping. One flip turns water bac-k on at iis iriginat temperature without need for adjusting hot and cold.

The unit, solid brass, bright nickel or chrome plated, with a no-drip Teflon seal, fits all standard shower heads.

Exotic lmported Doors

Bel-Air Door Co. specializes in stile and rail panel, carved, and other varieties of imported and domestic entry doors.

Some of the doors imported from the Orient have slight irregularities typical of handmade craftsmanship that make them a beauriful additioir to today's homes.

Guide to Caulking

A handy guide to caulking is part of the new Macklanburg-Duncan's caulking display header.

Graphically pinpointing the potential areas of air leaks in a typical home, it also shows your customers which type of caulking will work best to seal each area.

The uses of acrylic latex caulk, butyl rubber sealant and silicone rubber sealant are shown, as well as mortar patch, asphalt cement and tub & tile caulk.

Sprinkler System

An underground lawn and shrub sprinkler system is being inEoduced nationwide by Koonz Sprinkler Sup plv. Inc. ' 'Priced at $89.95 for a svstem that will cover lawn areas of from 2000 sq. ft. to 4000 sq. ft., it has been designed and engineered for do-ityourself installation. The kit contains a two-way shut off valve that screws on to your existing outside water outlet, two pop-up sprinkler heads, a plpe connector, elbows, a pipe line T, and clamps. Flexible polyethylene pipe must be purchased to complete the installation. Using diagrami in the kit to plot ttre insiattati5n, it reportedly takes only a few hours to install.

Solid Brass Hardware

A solid brass decorative hardware carded program is now available to retail hardware outlets and home centers.

Valli & Colombo is introducins two ft., three ft., and four ft. sectioi displays which can be used on existing gondolas, wallboards, or pegboard displays.

For Kitchen Updates

Amana Refrigeration, Inc. has two new appliances styled in elegant black glass, 3* I smoothtop electric range and The Counter Thai Cooks@ cooltop.

The 3* I cooking system includes three Temp-Assuri@- heating elements with built-in thermostats which automatically contol temperatures to within f of the desired settine. The "1" in "3+1" is a MultiparP element, a higher power elerirent without precise temperature control for large ut€nsils.

The range is free standing and features a 3.8 cu. ft., heavily insulated, self-cleaning oven with automatic start and stop cooking, an automatic electric lock, positive door latch and a black glass oven door with window, digital clock, 60-minute timer and full-width fluorescent cooktop lighting.

Of special interest to the kitchen remodeler, the cooktop, measuring 35" in width, features a black glasi control panel of push-to-turn knobs and individual hot lights for each heatlng element.

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Redwood Benderboard

Masonite Corp. has introduced Redwood Slims, a new, upgraded, redwood benderboard that promises almost endless uses in the do-it-yourself market.

The new product combines the desirable, salable qualities of redwood with precision milling and unitized packaging for a better unseasoned bendable redwood product. They can be used by d-i-y-ers for garden projects requiring curves, arches, or rounds.

With Redwood Slims. the retailer is spared the tedious, costly job of cutting his own benderboard. They are sawn from carefully graded genuine redwood stock to produce con- sistent quality. Because they are redwood, they require no chemicals or pressure treatment, and perform better than benderboard of other species.

The product is easily curved, or used flat to build projects such as basketweave fences, Eellises, patio shelters, dividers, and gazebos. Traditional uses of benderboard also include curved path guides, expansion joints, and paving strips. They can be further cut for use as lath strips.

Slims come in 3", 4" , and, 6" widths; lt" , 7a" , and. r/2" thicknesses; and lengths from 8' to 20'. There is one length per unitized bundle. Bundles are labeled with product name and Masonite's name for increased consumer confidence and recognition. Depending on the size of the order, they can be unitized in either random or group length units.

Video Security System

GBC CCTV has introduced the Look-Out, a security system designed to give the home owner an extra set of eves.

It empowers a television to present regular programming while doubling as a video security system the home owner can activate at anv time.

To provide maximum security and mobility, the system is designed to handle as many as three camera locations with one receiver.

The system consists of a CCTV camera weighing less than 2 lbs., a UHF/VHF ICTV 82 channel l'2" black and white tv receiver, indooroutdoor camera mount. sound module and plug-in cable. It is pre-wired and requires little installation.

Custom Cut Filter

American Air Filter has four new cut-to-size filters for residential room air conditioners.

Available in polyester, latexcoated polyester with net backing, polyurethane foam with a laminated fta'stic support grid, and expanded aluminum mesh, they offer selection to consumers and are said to assist in expanding retail store raffic.

The new filters are designed to trap household dust and lint, yet allow free flow of air through the air conditioner.

They are washable for repeated use, and can be cut to size with household scissors. Formed in pads, they measure 15" bv 24" . '

Suggested retail prices are 92Q for polyester, $1.62 for latex-coated polyesier, $2.38 for supported polyurethane foam, and $2.95 for expanded aluminum mesh.

- Also available are latex-coated natural fiber cut-'n'-fit filters with net backing for use in residential central heatine and air conditionins svstems. Meisuring 20" by 30" 5y -1" deep, they also can be cut to size easily with scissors and are washable. Suggested retail price is $3.89.

Filters are shipped 24 to a carton. except the latex-coated polyester and natural fiber filters. which come 12 to a carton.

Valve Stops Pipe Freeze

A new non-electrical thermostatic valve that attaches to water pipes and goes into action at 35o to prevent water line freeze-ups is new from Shelltech. Inc.

Called Freeze-Gard 35, it is intended for water pipes in extension bathrooms, utility rooms, garage areas and other potential freeze-up areas around the house. When the room temperature drops close to the freezing point, it automatically starts a trickle of water flowing from the pipe through the valve and down an outlet tube to a waste line. toilet tank or drain.

Thermostatically controlled, it costs $6.95. Installation is reportedly simple.

Rack'em Up

The Rack from Valley Industries can increase possible carrying capacity of full-size and mini pickup trucks by two-thirds.

Constructed of a high-strength steel, the modular unit bolts together for pickup rucks. The side chainels, with 2" diameter steel cross tubes. have been static tested to a 5.000 lb" load although manufacturer recommended loads should not exceed twothirds of the vehicle's load rating or 1,000 lbs., whichever is less.

A high-gloss, polyester-powder coatins orotects asainst corrosion and irip?rct, and ttre aerodynamic design minimizes wind resistance. Installation instructions and fasteners are included with The Rack.

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Pine Scented Cleaner

F.O.@ 562, no flash emulsion cleaner-degreaser is now available from the Industrial Chemicals Group, HEXCEL@/Chemical Products.

Formulated with selective emulsifiers and solvents with a mild pine odor, it contains no caustics or chlorinated solvents and is recommended for removing grease, oil, stains, asphalt, protective coatings, inks and various soils.

The cleaner can be used on most metals and painted surfaces with brush-on, mop, pressure spray apparatus or used in a cold dip tank.

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We specialize in: o Redwood lumber products and hard-to-get items.

48 hour service on truck and trailer loads of custom milling.

For your inquiries call: RICK ROSA . DAVE SNODGRASS o LOWELL WALL "THE LUMBER NUMBER" is 707.252.6142 "THE PLACE" 5747 Hwy.29, Napa, Ca. 94558

Spring Showers

The Swan Corp. now has a shower surround product manufactured of press-molded fiberglass with a baked on polyurethane coating. Suited for both remodeling and new construction, it's packed, knocked down, in a corrugated carton with materials needed for installation: two-faced pressure sensitive tape, mastic and caulking.

It adjusts to fit all shower base sizes from 30" x 30" up to and including 36" x 36". An optional extension panel allows expansion of the system to fit areas up to 36" x 60',.

The panels which install over existing tile, wall board, plaster or any flat, dry surface come in a wide range of colors.

An in-store merchandiser is available.

Heat Pump

American Air Filter Co. is developing a distributor network to market its

EnerCon@ Ground Water Heat

Pumps to the single family housing marKet.

The heart of the system is a selfcontained air conditioner about the same size as a typical warm air furnace. The heat pump is connected to a source of ground water which remains at a constant temperature year around and provides adequate energy to heat and cool an average size home. The pump on the heating cycle absorbs heat from the ground water and adds it to the heat of compression to produce air temperatures in excess of 10trF. A fan circulates warmed air throughout the residence.

On the cooling cycle, the heat pump removes the heat from room air and transfers it to the water. Discharee water is returned through a separa'[e re-injection well, to a lake, river, or wastewater system. In addition, the heat pumps can be adapted to use waste heat from the air conditioning to supply domestic hot water.

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Home Whirlpool

Pearl Bath's new whirlpool is designed for two to bathe with 6' x 4' x 20" dimensions.

Featuring a Jacuzzi series P 3/q H.P. pump and components, three adjustable, hydro-air jets are positioned to massage the body or permit the bather to relax away from the tlow of water if desired.

Pre-plumbed and self-contained, it may be skirted, sunken in the floor, or installed on a raised olatform. Construction is of fiberglas-s wittr exterior surfaces in a porcelain look finish. Bottom of the bath is skid resistant for safety. Ten color choices are available. Overall, it measures 72" x 48" x 20" and requires a minimum of 50 gal. to operate. Capacity is 90 gallons.

Specializing In Pine And Fir

PRODUCTS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL AND RETAIL MARKETS.

Let Your Light Shine

Westwood Industries is introducing Lampscapes from Westwood, a collection of 20 new lamps.

Traditional, as well as contemporary and oriental, designs inspired floor and table lamps. One features crystal frames with brass bases. Another showcases ceramic with brass base. Most are in a deep tone polished brass or polished bronze finish and are accented with linen shades.

Resilient Floor Designs

Mannington Mills has 10 new designs of resilient flooring including four featuring the never-wax wear layer.

In the Aristocon collection, Rochambeau recalls old cobblestones with a random stone pattern set within a square pebble border. Royal Pavilion offers tfie look of ceramic-tile fired to create a tone-on-tone effect. These patterns feature the never-wax wear layer and foam cushioning.

Waverly Place is new to the Classicon collection with the marbling effect of natural stone. A cushioned floor with the wear layer for long life, it also features the Aquabar moisture barrier and carries a twoyear warranty against moisture problems.

Dolphin Court is reminiscent of handcrafted Italian tiles, with a lacy central motif surrounded by a border of the same color. It offers stain. wear. and moisture resistance and dimensional stability.

Architect's Choice has Segovia, inspired by burl marble and Candida. the look of a stenciled floor.

Villa Savoy, the Million Air introduction. recreates the look of handpainted tiles with contemporary styling. Cushioned for comfort it offers a Dura-Polish wear layer. New in the Marquis collection is Bouquet, a bordered tile with a center motif.

The Vinyl-Ease collection for doit-yourself installations offers two new patterns Crystina and Brockton. Offering a cushioned floor and an easy-care wear layer, it is available in G, 9-, and 12-ft widths and may be installed without adhesives.

Ceiling Fan Control

Hunt Electronics' MO43-T is a solid state unit providing variable speed control for ceiling fans.

With an external low-end adjustment, it is also available in a 3-way unit, model MO43-T3W, for control from two locations.

RMS voltage output is l5-116. Either unit installs in a single gang wall-box.

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Thermal Storage System

A new development in solar energy is the Texxor Heat Cell from Texxor Corp., a fully engineered thermal storage system adaptable to residential energy needs.

Based on the compound Bisol II, the heat cell allows rapid charging and discharging. Due to its size and packaging, it is said to be practical in the home for uses such as heating, providing hot water, or maintaining green houses.

A five year limited warranty is provided for the latent'heat storage capacity.

Neat Moulding Display

Southwest Moulding Co. has added a new floor display for its solid, unfinished cut-tojlerigth pine mouldings.

It features the real wood mouldings in 7' and 8' lengths in the most universally accepted patterns and sizes, suitable for showroom exposure.

It is designed for self-service with simple per piece pricing at the checkout counter. Keeping the moulding neat and clean, virtually damage and waste free, it provides a centralized purchase area for the add-on sale.

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