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Renoissonce Revivol

The newest from Georgia-Pacific is Rena.issance, a ha^rdwood plywood paneling with an antique look at an oldfashioned price.

Producfs, promofions c,nd soles oids you cqn use to build ssles ond profits!

All sizes are available plus rake and arch tops. Matching laterals and transoms are available. Under $500 retail.

WBITE: The Merchant Magazine, 673 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 91101.

Show And Tell

Ilarloc Products Corp. offers its entire Paremaker line in visual packeging called Show-Pak.

All deeigns and finishes of Pacemaker locksets and security hardware

A manufacturing tr rocess called DL80 has enabled DeSoto to create the wood-like finishes. Recommended retail priees are all under $60.

WRITET The Merchant Magazine, 5?8 So. Lake; Pasadena, Ca. 91101, are available in tlre Show-Pak boxes with skin-pak covering.

Barcelona and Tuscany (dark)' Granada and Venetian (medium), and Seville and Florentine (light).

Renaissance paneling can retail for as little ae $24 fot a L2' x 8' wall.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 678 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 91101.

Putty, Putty

Color Putty Co. is packaging its color putty, an oil-based filler material for use on all wood products, in celluplastics ja^rs,

The 2-ounce jars feature two color, off-set decoration that enables color putty to utilize stock containers that have all the appeal of custom packag:es.

The jars were selected for their ability to help eliminate loss of moisture due to permeation and prevent the color putty from hardening on store shelves, like The Reol Thing lltoodhewn is e new line of table lamps recently introduced by DeSoto.

WRITE: The Merrchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.91101.

100 Percent Hond Corved

Vereailles is a L0Q% hand carved 1Yr." thick aolid mahogany door, from the El Dorado Collection of Pinecrest.

The door can be carved to each individual coat of arms, incorporate logo, signature, etc. Pinecrest makes this door available carved one or two sides.

All decorative trim a,nd accessory hardware is carded with shrink-pak covering.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 91101.

Stondup Job

A low clearance model standup rider lift truck with an overall height of 8312L" including overhead guard has been recently introduced by North American Mfg. Co.

Low height makes it easy to enter trucks, trailers and elevators and to travel through 7'doors. The Namco is evailable in gas, LPG and electric power, and is claimed to handle loads up to 2,000 lbs.

WRITEI The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca, 91101.

Acrylic Overloy

An acrylic-film laminated woodfiber sheet material for prefinishing exterior wood building products, Korlex (tm) lumber overlay has been introduced by Latex Fiber Industries.

As a wrapping material for wood in place of paint, Korlex lumber overlay is designed to be factory-bond- ed by building material suppli'ers to siding, millwork, window units, doors, plywood accent panels, or to any wood surface used on the outside of a house.

TilRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 91101.

For Reel!

Cesco has added a companion to their Reel-it electric cord reel. The RS-195 model is free standing and can be used indoors or outdoors at any time.

Porta Reel-it holds 100' of f16 or ff14-3 wire flat cord, #16, 3 wire round cord, and works well with shorter lengths of heavier cable,

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 91101.

Spindle Cenler

Nord spindles, in a variety of styles and sizes, a.re made of selected western woods, each turned on hopper-fed lathes. sanded to a smooth finish and shrink-packed in a clear, protected plastic.

Nord is offering retail dealers a

"Nord Spindle Oenter" consisting of four different types of spindle and spindle aecessory merchandisers.

\MRITE: The Mercha,nt Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ga 91101.

Sow-Texlured Poflern il0 lllll0 ca||$ lTil]| ll|0 il0 PR0Hffi! is the PR0FESSI0NAI'S Att PURP0SE PIASTIC Boat builders, furniture makers, cabinet makers, etc., have found it the one sure answer to correcting wood defects, filling wood cracks, gouges, covering countersunk nails and screws. lffit,;l!i.:. 16 matcilns w00d colors

Wood texture in a medium density overlay is available in Simpson Timber Co's. "Ruf-Sawn 316" siding.

The saw-textured pattern is deeply embossed into the surface of a resinsaturated fiber overlay, "Ruf-Sawn 316" is 48%" wide with a 48" face and comes in 8', 9', and 10 lengths, %/, thick.

WBITE: The Merchant Magazine, 5?3 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.91101.

Can be used under Fiber Glass!

Ready to use right out of the can, Famowood applies like putty-sticks like glue; dries quickly; won't shrink; takes spirit stains, and will not gum up sander. When applied properly, Famowood becomes water weather-proof.

Softwood Gruding

'The Weatern W'ood Products Asen. ie now distrlbuting the Second Edition of its 1970 Grading Rules for Western Lurrber. fire rules cover all commercially important softwood lurnber species in the West.

Hordboord living

Neut Dimmsinne in Living uith Hord,board,, published by the American Hardboard Assn., reviews uses of hardboard panelings as well as hardboard siding on exteriors and for other outdoor applications.

Glued Floor Syslem

Informotion on the cost saving APA glued floor system is available from the American Plywood Assn. Tlre updated brochure provides new span tables for common combinations of plwood and grades of lumber, also application sequence photos and cost comparison examples.

Soles Reference

The Selling Education Series, designed for dealers by the American Hardboard Assn., contains a series of questions most frequently asked by prospects about hardboard sidings and panelinga with authoritative hard-sell anEwers.

Hondling The Press

A pubticity handbook for non-public relations men in the forest industry is available from the American Forest Institute. Tell;ing The Storg was produeed by AFI for the Forest Industries Council to help industry personnel dea.l effectively with the media, both print and broadcast

'72 Poneling Une

, The 1972 Marlite prefinished paneling line is shown in a new guide. It containg complete information and specifications on plaatic - finished

Marlite, including textured paneling, designer planLs and decorstor panels.

Lower Building Costs

Cost cutting 24" o.c. framing for floors, walls and roofs is described in the Moil 24 Build,ing &tid'e. llluai.rated with photographs, the brochure offers a cost chart for 24" and 16" framing, plus tips on how to select materials.

Voluntory Stondord

Printed copies of Voluntary Product Standard PS 61-71 , Hwd,gtood' anil Decoratioe Plywood,, are now available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. The plywood covered by the standard is intended for use as decorative wall panels; for panels in furaiture, cabinets, containers and specialty products; and in marine applications.

Free Reader Service

For furlher informotion on oll New Productc ond New Liteiqture, wrilc Thc Merchont Mogazine, 573 So. lqke Ave., Poso. denq, Cqlif. 9l'l 01. Pleoce menlion issue dote ond pogc number 30 we con process your requerl fosterl Thqnkr.

Lumber Cosl Sovings

Cost-saving ways to use lumber and plywood for light-frame conetruction are presented in a new' manual from the NAHB Besearch Foundatibn, lnc. Manua,l ol Lumber and, Plyutooil Satfing Tech' ni4ues for Resid.ential Li'ght-Frome Cowtructinn, is illustratod with many easy-to-follow line drawings. It includes sections on floors, exterior walls, interior partitions and ceilings and roofs.

Contruct Corpetlng

A brochure from Certain-teed Products Corp. destribes the company's capabilities in the manutacture and marketing of contract carpetihg for use in rcsidential and commercial construction.

Window Cololog

A window catalog showing how unite fft in 8' wall sections has b€en published by Marvin'Windows. It also shows installation details for four types of construction: frame/drywall' frame with drywall and brick veneer' 12" masonry end brick veneer, or 8' maSonty.