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Hearin's New DG Board

DG Board, a revolutionary new product specifically designed lor use by fine I'urniture and cabinet manufacturers, is a high quality wood grain printed particleboard that accurately reproduces the look of high-grade, real-wood veneer.

Available in three basic grain patterns, oak, pecan and pine, DG Board is high quality industrial grade particleboard carel'ully filled and sanded for consistent linish. The wood grain is then accurately reproduced and embossed on He:rrin's own special rotogravure presses. Each panel leatures the intrinsic characteristics ol its own wood specie. With the application of special finishing coats used in fine lurniture. DG Board is dillicult to tell from the actual wood itself. The DG Board Drocess is also rrvailable on luaun plywood and hardboard.

Avaif able in 49'jwidths by 7' ,8' ,9' or l0' lensths. it is available with backcoatings lrom standard prime to fill and deluxe coat. DG Board can also be custorr coated on the back to the furniture or cabinetmaker's specifications upon request.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9ll0l.

Humidilication Calculator

A slide rule designed for fast, accurate estimating ol capacity requirements for residential humidification applications is from Walton Laboratories.

The rule features fast-readine tables to deternrine the grams of moisture per pound of air. lt is then a simple 30second operation to read out the gallons per day of humidification required.

The reverse side illustrates and gives capacity ratings for Walton Residential Humidifiers to meet the reauirements of the job - evaporative plenum mounted. evaporative under the duct mounted, installed atomizing, portable atomizing and evaporative consoles.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.9ll0l.

Counterman Training Program

Owens-Corning Fiberglas has two comprehensive training packages which building materials dealers may use to train their countermen. The presentation packages include both color slide and audio cassette tapes which are cued to individual slides.

The insulation slide presentation nrovides salesmen with the basic facts about Fiberglas insulation. The l5minute package explains the theory of heat movement and how insulation restricts wasteful heat loss and gain. Information on how and where to install insulation also is included in the Dresentltion.

The slide oresentation on OwensCorning's ceiling panel products gives the counterman all the essentials he'll need to know about suspended ceiling systems.

The l2-minute program includes an explanation of ceiling panel selling points and a step-by-step description of how a customer should install the ceiling svstem. -

The counterman training programs have been designed to acquaint dealers and counterrnen with the benefits of Fiberglas building insulation and ceiling systems.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9ll0l.

Pour Me Another

Ready to pour plant food, known as Spring Rain, is reported as a fast seller by rr-rany green-plant retailers.

Pre-mixed, ready to use, the l-3-l liquitied Spring Rain starts working immediately, quickly helps indoor plants become healthier, more vigorous and produce larger blooms. The housewife merely pours a capful onto the soil, before each regular r.latering.

Availirble in 8 and 24-ounce sizes.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9ll0l.

Modular Stacking Racks

Airector stacking racks, that replace conventional pallets, utilize only 20Vo of the ground space formerly consumed by product in a one-layer floor system. U nits stack easily with full capacity loads to 4,000 lbs. per rack.

Four-way entry permits maximum accessibility by fork trucks and rapid llow ol stored materials and oroducts. Emntv rucks condense to minimum volunie by removal of carefully fitted corner posts.

Wood. steel and ooen deck bases are standard in sizes ranging from 30" x 42" to 48" x 60". Special sizes are offered at comoarable cost. Posts and end frames are ivailable in a wide range of heights, from 16" to 60", and higher where required.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.9110l.

JAMB MASTER system (top) requires less than 750 sq. ft. working area. Cartons contain Permaneer wood-grained, laminated vinyl veneer doors and jambs, premachined tor assembly in four minutes on the air-operated assembly table. Below: Permaneer vinyl veneer door is olaced on Jamb Master assembly table with hinge pockets aligned. Air-driven screwdriver (not included) sets hinges in seconds, joins jambs to header with equal ease.

Jiffy Memo Holders

Colorful, attractive, decorator designed, eye catching and magnetic backed to cling to steel. These are the memo holders now being introduced by Jiffy En terorises.

Attach them to the refrigerator, gas range, kitchen cabinet or to any surface nrade of steel.

Holds notes, memos, diet lists, cookin-e recipes, menus, instructions, love notes, etc. Blister packaged on seethrough, see-all cards designed to sell on sight. Each card contains 2 different designs. Suggested retail is 98p for a package of six.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9ll0l.

Cabinets Thruout the House

Modular cabinets, often used in precision-built kitchens, are now being put to work in exciting new ways in other areas of the home.

l-ollowing this trend, the Long-Bell Div. of International Paper has created several innovative designs for cabinet use throushout the house.

The library wall can be easily installed in the living room, family room or den. A bottom r:ow of 3O"-high cabinets gives an eye-pleasing paneled wall effect.

Above these cabinets, 15"-high grilllront wall cabinets are used for disolaving books or collector's items.

Matching 18"-high wall cabinets provide an extra measure of beauty and storage.

Long-Bell has designed the divider wull to create a new dinins area or a hundsonre entryway or for-use practically anywhere in the home. Two-way wall cabinets in Long-Bell Mediterranean styling allow access from both sides. Grill-front see-throush cabinets rure used above for displiying interesting iterns. The base and sides of the cabinets are supported with stained lumber or plywood.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.9ll0l.

New "Space SaYer" Tube

Miracle Adhesives has added a new 6 fl. oz. "Space Saver" tube of white acrylic tub caulk to their "Safe 'N Sound" line of home repair adhesives and caulking.

Occupying one-half the display space ofconventional blister-carded tubes, it is displayed nozzle-downward from a Jhook, by a uniquely positioned hole in the tube's reinforced flat base section.

Bright blue and green labeling, printed in the familiar contemporary Miracle design on the white tube, is oriented accordingly, to read right sideup. This unusual display technique eliminates the blister-card entirely and

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kit with a choice of a black or white li n ish.

Kits contain all the metal main tees, cross tees, wall mouldings, hanger clips and complete instructions, enabling the home handyman to install a level and stable ceiling grid. Once the suspended Tonico Grid system is installed, the 5/8" thick Tonico Silentex panels, which have a 3/8" recessed edge, are simply dropped into place. The end result is a three dimensional effect with a brushed, texture finish along with excellent lrcoustical properties.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.9ll0l.

enables retailers to display twice as many tubes in the same space.

It contains no toxic fumes, is nonsnifTable and non-flammable; waterproof, flexible, and non-staining, for interior and exterior use. It seals cracks and leaks around tubs, sinks and showers, and fills cracks between molding and trim, window and door Irames.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca.9ll0l.

New 3D Suspended Ceiling

A new three-dimension. susoendedceiling system called "Tonico"'is from the Gold Bond Building Products Div. of National Gvosum.

The new reveal-edge Tonico Silentex 2 x 2" celling panels are combined with a ceiling grid system that is available in a

New Type lmitation Brick

Dacor's new type of imitation brick is a clay-like product in the same size, color and texture as the original lightweight irnitation brick Dacor brought out nine years ago. One difference is the new brick was produced without some ol the ingredients now in short supply and the cost is considerably less. What is the same in this new brick wall facing, called Dacor #l l7 Used Colonial. is that it looks and feels like the real item.

It is rnade from the same mold as the original used brick, and it's dilficult to I-eel the difference, the Iirm claims. lt costs approximately 507o less than the cost of Dacor's Used Brick.

WRITE: The Merchant Magazine, 573 So. Lake, Pasadena, Ca. 9ll0l.