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Norshor Develops New Cedqr Sidewqll Fqce

Remember the name TRIPLE-R. It is said to be the most significant advance in the cedar sidewall field since the advent of machine-grooved shakes, and, it is claimed, will very likely make sanded shingles obsolet6.

Triple-R sidewalls are also available factory-primed with a new gray-white prime. The new prime provides a superior base for all colors, because gray-white assures perfect hiding characteristics from a single finish coat.

Triple-R cedar sidewalls are 100/o carton packed-unitized and palletized for safe and easy shipping, loading and warehousing. For samples and full particulars write : North Shore Shingle Co., Ltd., Box 130, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Look For CrFs "Ronch Psnel"

A new low-cost all-purpose plywood construction panel has been developed with a tough factory finish-yet it is in the same price range as unpainted plywood.

Named "Ranch Panel," it has just been announced by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Guaranteed for exterior use, the new plywood has a baked-on factory coating that eliminates need for on-site painting.

Dealers, builders and architects will welcome the handsome new face oresented by Triple-R. It has a lightly textured edge grain appearance-the result of Norshor's exclusive Flomatic Recut process. And, because Triple-R sidewalls are recut. rebutted and re- jointed, every shingle is perfectly square and of a uniform thickness assuring ease of application and snug fit.

Versatility is an added advantage. Triple-R sidewalls are reversible, with the lightly rippled surface on one side and the opposite face available in a choice of machine-grooved or sawn shingle surface. This feature makes inventory reductions possible by the elimination of duplicate machinegrooved shake and sanded shingle stocks.

It was developed as an all-purpose siding and utility panel, and is finding initial uses ranging from summer homes and vacation cabins to all types of farm buildings, fences and even sidewalk construction barricades. It also is being used as a new concept in rustic siding for modern city dwellings.

The "Ranch Panel" manufacturing process includes a light texturing, preheating the exterior fir plywood for maximum absorbtion of the new pigmented coating, and an automatic infra-red baking process that helps insure elimination of maintenance costs for years, G-P said.

New plant facilities with capacity of 3,000,000 square feet a month already are in production at the company's integrated Toledo, Ore., forest products operation.

The economy structural and decorative paneling has passed extensive field and laboratory tests under extreme weathering conditions, the report .says. Initial production is in an attractive new "rural red" color that blends with natural surroundinss.

Quality standards include all-Douglas-Fir veneers and guaranteed hot press exterior glue lines. It is being marketed in the same price range or below untreated exterior fir plywood with an A-grade paintable surface, the company said.

Production is in 5/16, %, %, % and /+inch thickness in 4 x 8-foot panels. Nine and l0-foot panels also will be available on special order.

Distribution has been started nationwide through normal plywood sales channels, including G-P's own wholesale distribution warehouses in most key U. S. cities.

New Deater Merchandising Aid From Patco Redwood

An unusuoJ new point-of-sole disploy is ovoiloble to retoil deolers from soles representotives of The Pocific Lumber Compony.

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