NEW PRODUGTS

And Selected Sales Aids

Concrete Masonry Nails

Dickson Weatherproof Nail Co. has a shatter-resistant concrete/masonry nail as a result of a new heat treating and tempering system. They are ideal for attaching furring strips, partition walls, corner beads, bins, pipe conduit.

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Clean Off Grafitti

A new all-surface protectant, Global Guard, from Laclede Research Laboratories makes grafitti removal easy and economical.

Wall Cover Display

Forbo's Paris Wall Division has a new point-of-purchase display that serves as an end cap or special promotional display.

Measuring 23x25x58 in., the display houses 30 rolls of do-it-yourself vinyl wall system plus nine half-gal. containers of adhesive.

The mini selling center spotlights a full-color header card illustrating exclusive features, ease of maintenance, typical installation, and tools required. Full-color photos show how to cover problem walls and a finished room setting.

The display can show 30 rolls of the same pattern or 15 rolls of two patterns.

AIso available is a selling center with a selection of 70 rolls, l2 installation kits, and l8 half-gal. containers of adhesive, in eight sq. ft. of floor space.

It is a clear, water based plastic coating, which, when dry, becomes water insoluble and will not yellow or discolor with time. Smog and other pollutants, including climatic erosion agents, will not affect it. Grafitti cannot penetrate ir.

If a particular area is vandalized with grafitti, it can be washed off with solvent. To renew protection, re-coat that area. For general cleaning, without removal, use mild soap and rinse with water.

The coating will protect metals such as copper and bronze which are being corroded by sulphur fumes or smog and can be used on patio furniture, garden fixtures, tools, equipment, metal sheds to protect against rust, as well as on cement driveways, interior and exterior walls, and as a roof sealant.

Applied by brush, .roller, .lpgltCg, squeegee, or spraying, it is available in one, five, or 55 gal. containers.

Wood Grain Panels

Fifth Dimension, a line of plywood and handboard paneling with simulated wood grain, is new in nine designs from DG Shelter Products.

The firm is able to offer individual firms in the manufactured housing industry original designs for their exclusive use.

All panels go through a five step manufacturing process. Two elements of this process are a white adhesive prime coat applied to the substrate to assure consistency of the design and a stain, mar and fade resistant thermal fused vinyl finish.

The panels carry a class C flame spread rating.

Solid Vinyl Siding

A newly expanded line of solid vinyl siding is from Bendix Modern Materials Corp.

Advantages of solid vinyl siding are said to be virtual indestructability, low maintenance, and protection against cold and heat.

Solid vinyl siding requires no paint because the color goes all the way through the material. A hose and a sponge will remove most dirt. It will not rust, peel, flake or blister and is dent, scratch and abrasion resistant. It will not support fungi or insect life nor conduct electricity.

With polystrene drop-in backing, it makes the home warmer and drier in winter, cooler in summer, reduces drafts and noise from outside.

Available in seven colors.

Cooking with Waves

Rotawave cooking system, a microwave countertop oven, engineered to distibute microwaves in an even, rotating shower of power is new from Amana.

Developed to beam microwaves directly at food and control cooking pattern, it is said to take less time and require less turning ofcookware. Problems, such as hot and cold spots and turning food frequently, are reportedly avoided.

The improvements are a result of a major design change. The rotating antenna, replacing the stirrer fan, transmits and broadcasts microwaves in a specified pattern and helps assure even cooking of food. Distribution of energy has been optimized with a new oven cavity, featuring a totally redesigned oven top and a new spatter shield.

The models are portable, economical, with advanced solid state electronics; combination time and automatic temperature controlled cooking, depending on the model selected. They provide 700 watts of cooking power and continue to be the onlY ovens to have earned the U.S. Government's exemption from displaying a microwave safety warning label.

Fancy John

A new closet design, the Patrician, is in the collection by Eljer.

The low, elongated bowl has a tank cover designed in an oblique L-shape to merge with the seat and cover assembly. The 3.5 gallons/flush meets most water-saving plumbing codes and features a push-button touch-flush. The collection includes a matching bidet, offering spray or rim flow and wall-mounted or fixture-mounted fittings. Both are available in fashion colors including cocoa and natural.

Kitchenware Special

Rubbermaid is promoting selected kitchenware on orders postmarked through Sept. 30.

A single turntable, regularly a suggested $1.98, is offered at the promotional price ol $1.44. Other items available at the promotional price of $2.88 each include a drainer tray and twin turntable, regularly $3.79 each; a twin sink dish drainer, normally $3.98; a regular dish drainer, normally $3.59; and a turntable set (two single turntables), regular price of $3.96.

A shelf pack display shipper is available to merchandise 24 single turntables while a larger pre-pack display helps promote twin turntables and turntable sets.

For mass display and easy ordering, an end cap assortment includes all promoted items and is shipped as one filmwrapped unit.

Knock-Down Furniture

A rugged line of wood furniture from Newood Products of Oregon, described as solid wood butcherblock furniture, includes coffee tables, end tables, sofa tables, dining tables, bookcases and desks.

Combining the natural beautY of solid wood with sturdiness and low price, the tables are 3" thick with the rich, natural wood grains from Oregon's famed forests in every piece.

All the products are of the knockdown type, and each piece comes packaged with instructions for assembly and care. Designed with rich, real woodgrains, the line is designed for a multiplicity of uses in residential, apartment or office settings. Most will retail for less than $150.

Heavy Duty Drills

Skil Corp. has two new %" heavy duty drills.

Variable speed model 542 operates at 0-500 RPM, forward and reverse, and features a six amp burnout protected motor. Model 540 operates at 500 RPM and features a four amp burnout protected motor.

Each has a removable spade grip handle which mounts vertically or horizontally and an auxiliary handle which mounts to either side or top of the tool for added leverage and better control. They have ball and needle bearing construction and a double reduction helical gearing system made of heat treated alloy steel. Both are designed to handle commercial and service applications.

Other features include a "lock-on" button, a high strength glass filled polycarbonate housing and a six ft., three-wire cord.

Generator/Pump Display Unit

Selected pumps and generators can be displayed and promoted with a modular display system introduced by the Homelite division of Textron Inc. The merchandiser fits into existing three or lour-ft. pegboard gondolas and is designed to. take. different ppduct groups in varying size and configuration. Dealers can design their own displays, since colorful display packages also are available lor chain saws, string trimmers and accessories.

The pumps/generator package (No. SP 00507) includes header identification card, two application photos lor use in the header, two product sell cards and a literature pack.

Stylish Fan Blades

Solid teakwood fan blades are the newest option in Encon's ceiling fan line.

Available on decorator ceiling fans, the blades come in three sizes: 42", 48", and 56".

A method of reducing cost of climate control. fans supplement air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter by circulating air to its best advantage. Using less energy than a 50 watt light bulb, they reportedly can cut an average year's energy bill as much as 500/0.

Styled to fit any decor, fans come in brown or white and four have interchangeable lighting fi xtures.

Construction features include 1000/o copper wound direct-drive electric motor with a solid steel drive shaft. Lifetime prelubricated ball bearings permit smooth operation and quiet blade rotation. The cast aluminum motor housing completely encloses the motor to eliminate maintenance. Five or three speed controls are available to vary the operating speed. All are U.L. listed with a three year warrantY.

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Hardware Sale Spectacular

Crescent and Lufkin. two hand tool brands of The Cooper Group, have joined with Black & Decker, S-K Tools and Vise-Grip in the "Great All-American Workshop Sale" to be launched next Feb. 28 for a retail period of three weeks.

Supported by TV commercials on six major programs each of the ABC, CBS and NBC national networks, Crescent will offer consumers a free Little Nic hacksaw with the ourchase of an 8" or 10" adjustable wiench, and Lufkin a free carpenter's apron and pencil with purchase of a 25' Mezurlok power tape, both combinations display-packaged and with special distributor, dealer and consumer prices. The three other participating manufacturers will offer similar purchase incentives.

The commercials will averase three times each on prime time progrims such as ABC Sports, the CBS "Evening News with Walter Cronkite," and the NBC "Today" Show. Retail merchandising aids will include a TV tie-in banner for display headers, walls or windows; repro art slicks and ads; shelf talkers; radio scripts; and co-op ad allowances.

300 Sign Varieties

Don Graves Signs, Inc., Millis, Ma., stock more than 30O different styles for immediate delivery to retailers.

Two-sided, handcrafted point-of-purchase aids, offered with a large selection of price points, combination price points, percentages, and special attractions, the more than 15 colors coordinate with any store decor.

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Watch Your Step

SkidGuard from Simpson Timber Co. keeps docks and other surfaces safe.

Lake Mohave's Katherine Landing Resort, Az. uses the waffle-weave texture with heavy-duty phenolic overlay surface on docks where precise footing is essential.

Made of exterior srade Dlywood with 1007o waterproof giuelind,'the panels maintain their integrity under the most severe moisture conditions and need no finishing.

Ghain Saw Display

Produced on durable 6 ply card stock, they feature waterproof ink that won't rub off when handled. Attractive, freestanding, protective plexiglass holders can also be supplied with special clips to attach toppers.

Signs are priced at 990 each, delivered from stock.

Modular display system developed by the Homelite division of Textron Inc., for chain saw display is a strong pointof-purchase merchandiser.

The unit is desiened to fit into existing 3' or 4' pegbo-ard gondolas and can be utilized for three other Homelite product groupings, including string trimmers, pumps/generators and accessones.

Noise Control Material

Singer Safety Products, Inc., has a new loaded vinyl noise control material for industrial and institutional custommade enclosures, partitions and dampins sheets.

-ln a metallic grey color which reportedly enhances area illumination, the dense, limp material is flame resistant, lead-free and USDA accepted for food plants. With unimpaired performance in temperature ranges from -4f F. to 180"F., the wipe-clean material is impervious to oil, alkali and most chemicals. It will not sag, tear or rot.

Available in Vz and % lb. weights per sq. ft., with STC of 20 and 25, it is a composite of acoustically-engineered fiberglass coated both sides with dense loaded vinvl in custom-cut curtains or in 53" wide io-it-yourself rolls. For maximum noise reduction and sound absorption, l"-thick acoustic strips in choice of foams or quilted fiberglass are factory bonded to custom curtains. Depending on the noise source, l0 to 20 dBA reductions are possible for cost effective engineering controls to comply with OSHA worker protection standards.

The chain saw display package (No. SP 00504) includes chain saw header identification card, eight application photos for use in the header, 14 product information decals and six chain saw brackets.

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Do-lt-Yourself Security

For the do-it-yourselfer, SAFE Hardware is featuring an introductory special of its new intergrip door lock-one single cylinder lock free with the purchase of 4 single and 5 double cylinder locks.

The new intergrip is a jimmy-proof, solid brass, deadbolt lock packaged to appeal to the handyman. Double cylinder lock is for doors with glass, shutter guard protects deadbolt if cylinder is forcibly removed, interlocking provides maximum protection.

Grab a Corner

The Corner Carrier allows one person to transport a large, fragile sheet of building material upright.

It has two metal brackets that attach to the bottom corners of a 4 by 8' sheet of plywood, wallboard, Masonite or particle board. The brackets are connected by a rope with attached handle.

Priced at $9.95 from Degah Industries.

D-l-Y Humidifier

Manufactured by Comfort Enterprises, the Good-Bye-Dry Mist'r is engineered for the DIY atomizing humidifier market.

Designed for restricted space in- stallations, including slab house construction, closets, round duct systems or crawl space, it's an alternative to the original Good-Bye-Dry evaporative under-the-duct humidifier, offering the same quality features and easy-to-install desisn.

A meie 6x6x3", it comes in fullcolor point-of-sale packaging as a complete kit. Fully assembled with all the necessary fixtures plus easy-to-follow instructions, it can be installed in about an hour using a few simple tools.

All water-contact parts are corrosion-resistant stainless steel and solid brass. The precision humidistat and built-in thermostat provide dual on/off control. Three-position swivel nozzle can be installed upside down, right side up, or under-the-duct in restricted areas. Anti-drip nozzle sleeve catches occasional water drippings and vaporizes the moisture into the air duct. Dual filtering system provides double protection against particles clogging the nozzle. It works automatically in conjunction with the forced warm air heating furnace.

Suggested retail is $79.95.

Super Tool Kit

A new l5-piece inch size tool kit from Metrifast reportedly features twice the turning power of conventional screw or nut drivers.

The ball torque handle incorporates an internal ratchet to continuouslv turn fasteners at a twist of the wrist. To reverse the action, the drive shaft changes to the opposite end of the ball. The kit consists of the ball torque handle; l-41e" all purpose drive shaft; I drive socket adapter; 6 socket wrenches (3/r0". 'ltz'', vc", "lsz", /e" and 1lra"); 2 straight screwdriver bits; 2 Phillips head screwdriver bits; I Robertson square bit; plus a fitted plastic storage box measuring 7" x 2r/c" x 2" wide.

To make starting screws and nuts easier, the socket wrenches and screwdriver bits are magnetized from a permanent bar magnet located in the drive shaft. The steel bits snap into the drive shaft or socket adapter.

The kit is $8.95.

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Stick'em Up

Adhesive Machinery Corp., has introduced the Hipermatic Hi-Flo, a combination demand melt and reservoir hot melt gun designed for high volume product assembly and packaging applications.

The tunnel melting principle provides a delivery rate of up to 7 lbs. per hour. The entire I oz. molten glue reservoir can be extruded in less than l5 seconds, according to the manufacturer.

It requires no remote control box. The switch is in the handle, along with a pilot light and adjustable solid state thermostat that controls glue temperature to J5 degrees to assure consistent flow, open time, and better bonds.

The nozzle system provides instant flow as the trigger is depressed and perfect cut-off when released. The glue line can be varied during extrusion with the flow control trigger.

Replacement Window

A new concept in aluminum replacement windowS from Solar Windows is available in both single and insulated glaze.

Features include custom srid option, spiral balances for trouble--free operation, sturdy metal and chrome plated draw-in lock mechanism, extruded aluminum screen. removable from either inside or out, tilt-sash design, and low air infiltration factor.

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Self-Storing Door

The Ultima self-storing aluminum combination storm/screen door, with all hollow frame extrusions and patented corner gusset is new from Season-All.

With either a Z-bar piano hinge or expander mounting frame, it's a 1" thick door with equal size glass and screen inserts. Two-track design permits instant change-over from screened ventilation to complete weather protection.

A U-channel and/or vinyl sweep bottom expander seals against uneven sill conditions. Drip cap header, four oilite bearing hinges (Z-bar), leathergrain embossed kick panel are standard with optional urethane foam core insulated kick panel available.

Hand Tool Display

Pegboard wall displays and hand tool assortments are new from Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Co.

The Profit-Pac assortments include two of each tool, and eight assortments will display a complele basic tool line in I I sq. ft. The assortments may be purchased individually.

The free displays include a plastic wall panel, illustraled for easy reordering and restocking, complete with 6" hooks and push pins for mounting.

Diamond Profit-Pac assorlments include wrenches, snips, pliers, cutters and screwdrivers, all card mounted.

New Button Faucet

A line of slow-closing faucets called the Palm Button is new from Chicago Faucet.

Large 2" diameter palm buttons are used in place of conventional handles. Downward pressure on the button activates a slow-closing adjustable cartridge to provide a timed cycle of water.

The handles are said to give the user a safe, easy-to-use way ofoperating the faucet. Because of the slow-closing, self-closing design, it is reported to be an ideal laucet for saving water as well as water heating costs.

The laucets are available in center set or wide spread models with or without pop-up waste. All are standard with chrome plated finish.

Fiberglass Noise Control

New quilted fiberglass noise control material, Sound Stopper QFM, is from Singer Safety Products, Inc.

Available in 48" wide prefinished panels, l" or 2" thick, it is composed of 2 lb. density fiberglass quilted to a vinyl coated fiberglass cloth. The facing, on one or two sides, insures an easily-cleaned, permanent outer shell impervious to oil, grease and mildew.

A Class I rated building material, it may be mounted as a wall absorber (with NRC .70 to .75 rating), or hung as baffles to help control reverberation, or suspended as a semi-rigid curtain barrier to create an enclosure or divider, with sound reductions up to 21 dBa.

It is also available in factory-applied strips on loaded vinyl curtains or as doit-yourself roll goods.

All Purpose Gleaner

F.O. 554, waterbase, all purpose surface cleaner, is now available from the Maintenance Chemicals Groups of Hexcel/Specialty Chemicals.

It reportedly can be used in almost any cleaning operation where water can be tolerated. The recommended appli- cations include car wash, engines, exteriors and interiors of aircraft. tile. white wall tires, truck washing, general maintenance, floors and walls.

Safe for use on virtually all types of metals, including the sensitive white metal group, it can be applied by brush, spray, steam, foamer or hand wipe.

Bucket For Roller Painting

A bucket designed for roller painting has a ll" x ll" square base to minimize tipping when used on the floor or a ladder.

The 10" deep receptacle holds up to four gallons of paint. Steep sides assure that excess paint flows quickly to the bottom, while the patented curved bottom permits the roller to reach the last drop. The carrying handle also serves as a holder for the roller.

It holds enough paint for an average room. A "stand-up" bucket when using long handled rollers, it serves equally well for spreading wallpaper paste or for cleaning and waxing floors.

Of rust-resistant coated metal. the bucket has an optional metal screen available for controlling the amount of paint on the roller. Suggested retail price. without screen. is $10 from Smith Assoc.

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Signs ldentify Dealers

New signs for showroom counters, vehicles and windows identify authorized dealers and distributors of Haas kitchen cabinets, vanities and modular wall units.

An eye-catching, illuminated l8"x2l" sign for window or display area contains the phrase, "Timeless quality in wood". Also available is an all-purpose, pressure sensitive sign which can be affixed to showroom windows, doors or trucks. A third sign, of rigid polystyrene, has an easel back for use in displays or on counter and desk tops.

Decorative Goal Burner

Le Coal Machine, a dramatic depar- ture in coal stove design, is being introduced by Franco Belge Foundries of America, Inc., marketing arm of one of Europe's leading heating equipment manulacturers.

Combining elegance and rustic appearance, the stove provides 30,000 Btu/hr. Measuring 32" wide by 28" high by 14" deep, it gives extra hours of untended burning time with a large t.uel reservoir and gravity feed system. A thermostat controls the burn rate.

With more than 200 years of, coal reserves in the United States, the coal stoves are becoming as popular as wood and multi-fuel stoves. The Polv- matic 4-Fuel Heating system burns wood or coalt and. when either runs out, switches automatically to fuel oil or natural gas.

It is available as a total central heating system or to supplement an existing oil or gas furnace installation. With oil, Polymatic generates up to 120,000 Btu/ hr; 100,000 Btu/hr with coal and 80,000 Btu/hr with wood. It is 42 1/8" wide, 32 5/8" high and 3l 7/8" deep, and weighs 750 lbs.

Easy to Install Fascia

New seal lock fascia and flashine system is the latest addition to the roofl ing accessories line of Johns-Manville. The fascia clip and cover plate are of

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A complete system including outside and inside corners, a scupper unit, foam seal, flashing, fascia clip nails and water dam joint tape, it is reportedly easy to install.

Insulated Panel Frames

NuPrime custom-fit, insulated panel frames are designed for use alone or in conjunction with custom-fit replacement windows. They can be mulled together and stacked (without adaptors) to reduce window glass area for energy conservation, architectural appearance or privacy considerations. Insulating panel frames can be used