Palco Garden Redwood to best advantage

Following afewsimple recommendationswill help the usergetthe best performancefrom garden redwood and at the most economical cost.

Crades to buy and where to use Palco garden redwood is made in two grades:

1. Construction Heart consists of all heartwood (the cinnamon color wood) and may contain knots up to approximately one-half the width of the piece and some manufacturing imperfections if they do not cause waste.

2. Construction Common is similar to Construction Heart except that sapwood (the cream colored wood) is included.

Construction Heart is ideal for all types of garden structures. And, because Construction Heart is resistant to decay and insect attack, it should be used for those pieces which are in contact with the soil.

Construction Common is also ideal for all types of garden structures and can be used to particular advantage by utilizing the interesting color contrast of heartwood and sapwood. Construction Common should not be used for those pieces which are in contact with the soil.

Nails and fastenings

Use only top quality hot-dipped galvanized, stainless steel, or aluminum alloy nails and fastenings. Nails and fastenings of plain iron, cement coated, or galvanized by other than hot-dip process will corrode and stain the wood with hard-to-remove streaks. The slight additional cost of non-corrosive fastening is justified by superior performance.

Fi n i shes

Palco Carden Redwood can be used to orovide maintenance-free performance by leaving it unfinished. Or, if a finish is desired, the durability, weatherability, and excellent finishability of redwood provides for minimum marntenance.

Unfinished: With no finish, redwood exposed to the weather will eventually reach a driftwood gray color. The surfaces may darken early in the aging process as dark-colored water-soluble chemicals in the wood come to the surface. These will wash away, leaving the driftwood gray surface to last the lifetime of the structure.

Bleaching: The weathering to a driftwod gray may be accelerated by applying a commercial bleach. One application is usually sufficient.

Water-repellent application: A water repellent application will eliminate the dark stages that unfinished redwood exteriors sometimes go through and will let the surface gradually weather to a buckskin tan. This color can be maintained by applying additional coats of water repellent when needed. With no additional treatment/ the redwood will eventually weather to a beautiful tannish-gray color. Water repellents are inexpensive and easy to apply.

Stains: Redwood can be stained to achieve any color desired. Latex stains are particularly suited for garden redwood, are very durable and can be used on surfaces that are damp. Oil-base stains should be used in accoidance with the manufacturer's directions, which usually will specify that the surface be dry.

Caution : Do not use varnish or clear film forming finishes. Do not use the so-called "shake and shingle" stains or paints.

Available Sizes: ln Construction

Heart: 1"x6" through 12" 2"x4" through'12" 4"x4" and4"x6" b Xtt

In Construction

Common : 1"x6" and 1"x8" 2"x4" through12" 4"x4" and4"x6"

Actual dimensions:

THICKNESSES: Rough Surfaced (nominal) f MMEDIATELY South of the r coast redwood region of California lies the little town of Cloverdale. Because of its strategic location, much of the redwood and other species of lumber manufactured in the redwood region pass through Cloverdale by rail or truck en route to the major markets.

Because of its location, Rolando Lumber Co., based in San Francisco, has been making a number of improvements to its Kinton Division in Cloverdale. Rolando acquired Kinton about eight years ago to provide better custom milling and drying services to the industry.

Among the improvements on the people side are new air conditioned offices for general manager Harold Henderlong and his staff, much appreciated during the long stretches of Cloverdale's hot summers. Plant engineer Wes Cross now designs projects in his own drafting room. Kiln operator Cliff Soekland has an expanded control center in which to work on schedules for the dry kilns. A new lunch room has been built to accommodate production manager Duke Douthit's more than 50 employees.

Improvements that are equally