New Treating Process Guts Drippings,DU Time

Superior Wood Treating, Sumner, Wa., is now using a new pressure treating process designed to dramatically reduce the risk of chemical runoff and drippings from freshly treated wood.

Developedby Chemical Specialties, Inc., Charlotte, N.C., the computer-controlled Fast-Fix process is said to bond the preservatives to wood fibers faster and more effectively than other methods, increasing resistance to leaching.

Wood typically requires considerable time following treatment to fully dry before being shipped to retailers.

Victimized Owner Sells Store

Disillusioned about the business after a l9-year employee was arrested for embezzlement, the owner of Plains True Value Hardware has sold his Costa Mesa, Ca., location and will likely sell his Garden Grove, Ca., store.

Don Eyer, 65, who grew up in the industry and whose father bought Plains in 1955, said he "lost all interest in the lumber and hardware busi- dise" after Plains transfers inventory to Garden Grove Dec. 31. ness" after office manager and corporate secretary Vicki Combs was arrested recently for reportedly embezzling at least $170,000. "And that's only what we can actually prove in court," he claimed. "There's also $30,000 in tax money missing."

Low temperatures and humidity can slow drying times, and different wood types dry at different rates.

The new process incorporates an additional vacuum that further reduces excess moisture from freshly treated wood. Reclaimed preservatives are immediately recycled. "The end result is clean wood that can be safely shipped to the customer in a matter of hours," says Brian Delbrueck, regional sales mgr. for CSL "Several days are usually required when conventional methods are used."

Crown. which carries a small amount of lumber and building materials in some of its stores. will maintain a larger such inventory at Costa Mesa, similar to Plains'.

Eyer, who soon will decide the fate of his Garden Grove store, had retired in April and left the business to two of his three daughters. They will now devote themselves to their families.

"We treated (Combs) like family; people thought she was one of my daughters," Eyer said. "I'm devastated, and our family doesn't think we can trust anybody with the books in the future."

Eyer sold the Costa Mesa lease and building to Crown Hardware, Huntington Beach, Ca., for its ninth location, but the Ace dealer will "refurbish. refixture and remerchan-

Fibreboard Insurer Deal Final

Fibreboard Corp.'s $3.3 billion asbestos settlement deal with its insurers is now final after passing of the review period by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The appellate court is weighing a request for a rehearing on a related worldwide settlement agreement, which, if approved, would supersede the earlier settlement.

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