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assembled by one man. Parts are easily stored, none weiging more than 29 pounds. Access to lighting fixtures in difficult locations is easier, quicker.

Plastic-Finished Poneling

Among profitable commercial remodeling projects are office renovations and store remodeling. One of the simplest methods of renewing an old office or store is to cover the existing walls with plastic-finished paneling. It combines good appeara.nce and

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Let's Shqke the "A" Frsme

Western red cedar barn shakes are novr available in 8', self-aligning 3-ply panels for "A" frame construction. These atttactive shake panels have a cross bind plywood core.

Allowing up to a 14" exposure, the barn shake panels come in a natural cedar finish or a variety of colors. Eleven panels cover 100 sq. ft.

Mitered wood corners are available. Color matching annular threaded nails are included.

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New Ponel Debuts on TV

Porfitable Commercial Proiects easy maintenance. Once applied, the customer can forget about expensive maintenance. Plastic-finished paneling is washable, heat and stain resistant, and water repellent. Complete installation instr"uctions are included in each carton.

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Armstrong Cork Co., will advertise a new line of paneling on the October 24 Armstrong Circle Theater production of "Kismet," a color spectacular. Colonial Chestnut simulates traditional wormy chestnut planks, deep embossed, with a roughtextured sur{ace.

The panels are 5/16-inch thick x 4' x 8'. Suggested retail price is approximately $15 per panel.

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Elched Acousticol Ponels

New Fiberglas etched acoustical panel for suspended ceiling applications has been announced by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

The washable vinyl film ceiling surface of the new Fiberglas panels has a luxurious deep fissured appearance, Etched, it has a high acoustical efficiency, absorbing up to 75Vo of the noise striking its surface, and carries a Class 25 (A) fire rating.

The panels are available in 2' x 4' and 2' x 8' sizes.

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Vinyl Floor Coverings

Armstrong Cork Co. has added four new patterns to its Vinyl Quakertone rotovinyl floor covering line.

The four pattern additions bring the line to 35 patterns in 14 designs. T\ro patterns have a ttmarblet' efrect and two a "stonett effect.

A1l four are in two, three and four-yardwide rolls and in 9' x L2', 12' x 12', and, 72' by L5' rug sizes.

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Slofied Woll Pqnets

Built-in Slots for Brackets, Hooks

An adaptable and versatile wall paneling has been designed by Masonite Corp. and Kroehler Mfg. Co. Available in three popular grains, Royalcote Living Wall has slots to hold brackets for adjustable shelves or picture hooks.

Slots eliminate the need for vertical standards, nails or screws. A great variety of shelf and picture locations can be used.

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It's the Woter thqt Mokes lt Good?

Stort o Weotherstrip Dept.

All that's needed to start a modern weatherstrip and threshold departmentincluding the most popular and saleable items - is offered by Pemko in its new 19" x 26" twoside rack.

A wa.lnut doorjamb-threshold working model explains opera- tion and installation, The rack holds consumer folders.

The rack is cornpact and yet, according to Pemko, it is complete and does the entire job for under $100, including free rack, free door display and free literature rack.

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loquer Sproy Disploy

Deft., Inc., has introduced a counter-merchandiser for laquer spray stains. The three- tier plated wire rack is no extra charse with purchase of a star.ter. assor.tment,

A styrene header with actual stained wood chips and consumer brochures are included. The rack is 26" wide x l7r/2,, deep x 2lYz" }:^igh.

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Topestry Decorolor Pqnels

Marlite's new decorator paneling has an eye catching brocade flnish. The plastic tapestry surface can be wiped clean and is wear, heat, moisture and stain resistant.

design blends with any contemporary or traditional decor.

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Sell Accent Wqlls

Distinctive interiors can be achieved with Marlite's Textured Travertine paneling, which can be cut into easy-to-fit pieces. Here the 4'x 8'square-edged panels were cut into L6" x 24" pieces and attached with an adhesive to the old wall. The joints

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The handsome gold, green and red planks are 8' x 16" x 7/+". Matching mouldings are available.

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More Acousticol Tile

A new pattern has been added to the ceiling tiles marketed by Allied Chemical's Barrett Div. The Edgemont has a geomet- ric design blended over a soft white background that is highly light reflective. Its

Distinctive Background Walls were "staggered" to create an eye-catching accent area.

Since the panels are 7/+" thick, they can be applied over any solid backing or new framing. This plastic-finished hardboard also is available in 16" x 8' planks. Matching moldings are available.

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New Wood Roof Decking

Tarter, Webster & Johnson is rnarketing a good looking, panelized, solid wood roof decking.

Designed to make any home more beau-tiful, Bond Deck is made up of four T & G the window of the counter. For odd inches the face of the wheel is divided into segments of 12. At the touch of a button the counter resets to zero.

"Measure Meter" retails at $9.95.

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Quick Chonge Fence Brockels

C,olorful Ceiling Blocks

Washable Marlite ceiling blocks, a fine remedy for cracked and unsightly plaster, are now available in oyster and polar white with either gold lace or nugget patterns.

2" x 6tt nrns, netting a 2\" face. White fir, smooth or saw textured, in 24 lengths, is the main species ofrered. Other species are available.

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One-Mqn Meqssre Meter

Distances up to 999 feet can be measured by one person using a handy new device called "Measure Meter." Made of flexible and non-breakable plastic, "Measure Meter" is simply a wheel and counter on a long handle with a non-skip flnger grip.

As the wheel is rolled over the surface to be measured, the distance pops up in

Teco has taken the sPecial cutting, notching and other fltting out of fence making. A new 18-guage zinc - coated steel fence bracket Permits easy removal of entire fence sections, individual rails or louvers. The orecision made iracket comes in handy when making special "screeningtt louvers.

The secr:et of the bracket's usefulness is its special "slide intt feature.

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The 16" square x V+" tlick blocks are especially resistant to heat and high humidity, claims Marlite. Tongue and groove edges simplify fitting. And matching cove mouldings can be purchased.

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Mobile Disploy Visits Deolers

EIGHI "Profit Cruisers," manned by representatives of the P & C Tool Co., are stopping at building supply dealers throughout the West. The vans carry tool displays.

Sove Two Boords with One Bor

The t" & Y Bar Co. has brought out a new bar design called "Sav-In Bar." Its advantage is the bar head style.

Two four inch prongs reach under flooring, siding and sheeting to lift it free from wood joists and studding. The prong's straddle joists to grip flooring on both sides of the nail fastener.

Sav-In Bar dismantles a wooden structur€ without damaging the lumber, claims T & Y, hence their slogan ttSave Two Boards and Pay for the Bar."

Standard 74', 24" and 30" sizes come ready to use. A special reversre head, 26 bar enables men to stand on the down side of a roof while working.

Prices range from $1.87-92.37 per bar wholesale. Rates per dozen are available.

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Solid r/2" Wood Poneling

Rosboro Lumber Company now has as standard, 1 x 4 and 1 x 6 paneling tk" thick, iri hgmlock or fir, in a small V-joint t & g pattern and in a small, rounded cased edge V.

Val Gardner, their sales manager, said, "The old philosophy that solid wood paneling must be Y*". thick is really ridiculous. Hardwood plywoods are usually only la" thick, as are most other competing panel products.

An additional benefit claimed for solid wood paneling is that it can be blind nailed. WRITE: Mercha,nt Magazine, 412 W. 6th St., Ios Angeles, Calif. 90014.

Woll-Mounred Cqbinet Disploy

Long-Bell kitchen cabinet and vanity lines are tastefully presented in a new wall-mounted display.

The 34" x 38" cl,osed display offers four styles and finishes: Shadowline birch, Med: iterranean, Colonial and Provincial walnut. The display opens to show: Srhite and gold vanity, Spacecraft Traditional and Spacecraft with provincial grooving.

A literature holder is included.

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Frce Ponel Disploy

Forest Fiber Products Co. has a free com- ',1, pact wall display f,eaturing samples of ;) Forest Grain prefinished paneling, 16" wide I tongue and groove paneling, and their liner.

The display, 12!z' wlde, has six plastic ; pockets, each containing a six-inch deep sample.

The all-purpose liner is cut to show the smooth lower portion and the perforated area above wainscot height.

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Circuh'r Sown Redwood :

"Crescent-Sawn" redwood. with circular l saw-texturing for paneling, siding or fencing is available from Georgia-Paciffc Corp. $ Among patterns are board-and-batten, construction heart and other grades in either vertical or flat grain. Finger-jointed boards can be specified to any transportable length.

Fencing can be textured on both face and back.

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