Society of American Wood Preservers closes

products industry associations, he earlier worked with AWPI for 16 years.

"While we are sad to see a good thing wind down and SAWP has fulfilled its mission up to now beautifully, it is time to elevate the industry's efforts to the next level for effective representation and to strengthen the industry's voice through one association," Doyle commented.

AWPI is the largest of the wood preserving trade associations, with the largest budget and the largest paid staff headed by president John Hall. It focuses on critical environ- mental issues from headquarters in Vienna, Va.

SAWP and AWPI have worked on many issues with a dual track approach. Staffs and members have cooperated on joint annual meetings, a Washington Legislative Conference, the Consumer Awareness Program and the Waste Listings prosram.

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Board recommends not renewing charter urges membersto join American Wood Preservers Institute... Eliades now AWPI v.p.

Commenting on Eliades joining the AWPI staff, James R. Batchelder, AWPI chairman, said "AWP| is pleased to have a person as knowledgeable and experienced as George Eliades as a member of the institute's staff."

"Augmented by his capabilities, AWPI will be able to more completely serve the industry's changing needs and interests," Hall said. "AWPI is now positioned for a major membership effort to reach every wood preserving plant in the country."

See p. I 6 .for a directory o.f current pressure lreated wood industry organizationseditor.

offers a range of colors and surface sheens: gloss, semigloss, flat or matte.

Primers provide "tooth" to enable paint to stay bonded to the wood. They make paint application easier and faster. Oil-based primers penetrate and adhere faster than water-based primers, but waterbased primers are easier to clean up. Stains are water or oil based, each offering differences in opacity. These finishes breathe, don't require an undercoat, and go on more easily than paint. They are less expensive and require less time to apply.

Heavy-bodied colored stains contain more pigments and have characteristics closer to those of paint than do light-bodied stains.

Customers should be cautioned that the preservative color may reflect through both light color paints and stains.