Desert Dry'Redwood. Available Onlv From Louisiana-hcific.

Homeowners perfer to build their deck and fences with redwood. It's just common sense. After all, nothing else comes close to dry redwood's prestige or matches its long-lasting beauty.

Until recently, everyone paid a premium for the privilege. Now the rules have changed. L-P's Desert D4f Redwood supplies the qualif and performance your customers want at a fraction of the price they'd expect. It's dried to industry standards, then trimmed, surfaced, and shipped in a weather-resistant wrappel so it's protected and looks great in the lumberyard.

Louisiana-Facific's Desert Dry Redwood sells itself and brings in high profits. It comes in all the popular grades and sizes, including: Construction Heart, Construction Common, and B Grade in2x4,2x5, and 2x8 dimensions, and is available in lengths up to 20 feet.

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So don't be surprised when your customers demand LouisianaPacific's Desert Dry Redwood. When they learn how affordable dry redwood can be, they'll start lining up atyour door. After all, it's just common sense.

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The amazing price run up

"Are you kidding?" "It can't be that much." "That's $100 over last week." "Gasp!" "Gulp." These sentinents, selected expletives and otier general expressions of astonishment have been greeting the anazing across-the-board increases in wood prices in recent weeks. As we go to press, the big question is whether these price increases will fall back, stay at high levels or simply go higher.

Not many people think prices will fall back to their starting point, thus becoming just another spike on the price charts. While forecasting future price directions is iffy at best" most of the people we've surveyed feel a major price retreat is unlikely, given the supply driven nature of the current market. Plus, business is improving in many, though not all, areas of the country, increasing demand.

The consensus among seers is that the bill for all the lockups of timber has come due. No longer is the deletion of millions of acres of timberlands from the nation's wood fiber supply seen as a free ride. Payment for that ride is just beginning, many feel. The economics arc very clear: less supply means higher prices for what remains.

Should these new price levels hold, their effects will ripple dramatically. New homes will cost several thousands of dollars more, pricing some out of their dream home. Suppliers will need far more money to finance inventories; small companies may be over their credit limit with just one or two cars of lumber. The cost of insuring inventories will rise. Wood products may lose certain markets to substitute materials. Just-in-time buying may increase dramatically. And these are just a few ofthe ripples expected.

Many in the industry feel wood products have been too cheap, with prices failing to keep pace with inflation. Because of a lack of historical precedent in today's market the job of divining price direction for those who buy and sell becomes even murkier. Best advice: hang loose.

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1|| REDWOOD sale is not complete 4\ntit the customer buys a product from your paint deparErent.

This must be stressed in training redwood sales people. While the customer may think redwood will darken and bleach naturally to driftwood gray if he leaves it alone, the process takes a long time and he'll be happier if he speeds things up with a coating.

Show some color photos to illustrate the appearance of redwood with various finishes as well as what happens to the unfinished wood. These will help a customer to select the look he wants to achieve. Enphasize that redwood accepts many different finishes, with adequate preparation the key to success with all of them. (See accompanying chaft.)

Recommend using water rePellents, stains and bleaching oils containing mildewcides. Brushes or rollen are needed o apply these. All surfaces should be clean and dry with unseasoned redwood having air dried for one month prior to finishing. Caution customers not to use varnishes, lacquers or other film-forming finishes. Incompatible finishes should not be mixed and a sprayer should never be used.

Natural appearance finishes are best achieved with clear water repellenn with mildewcide. These allow color and grain to show through. Bleaching oils should be reconunended if a natural gray finish with low maintenance is desired.

For exterior use, either semitransparent or lightly pigmented s0ains will highlight redwood grain. Such finishes are considered "breathable." Opaque stains can add color. They also are classed as "breathable." Oil based stains are the best recommendation. Paints can be used if a traditional look is desired.

Interior finishes can be left bare and will darken with time, but this method is best used on areas requiring little cleaning. Clear lacquer can be recomnended only for areas requiring minimum maintenance. Wax finishes are good to highlight the natural appeafimce of the redwood and provide some protection. Alkyd resin sealers and Danish oil finishes give a natural appearance with a moderately durable finish. Areas requiring scrubbing and heavy cleaning need an alkyd resin or a polyurethane vamish finish that will withstand cleaners.

Color can be added with semitransparent or opaque pigmented stains or