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with full mill-type grading, inspection and supervision exactly as rendered in Northern California.

Morethan thirty RIS members in the producing regions are now foined by these leading redwood suppliers in Southern California:

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC SALES CORP.

D. C. ESSLEY & SON

ED FOUNTAIN LUMBER COMPANY available

INDEPENDENT BUILDING MATERIALS CO., INC.

The committee also heard reports and took action on a number of other subjects: It was reported that the joint comrnittee project to revise the o'How To Paint Your Wood House" booklet had been completed and that copies were available. The 2A-page booklet is a manual-like guide to the selection and application of exterior house paint for wood surfaces.

Another cooperative project, the preparation of the booklet "lmproved Paint Performance Through Sound Constructive Practices," will be completed within a month.

The committee reviewed the study of factory-coated wood which is being investigated by a subcommittee of the American Society for Testing Materials. This projecto initiated mainly as a result of recommendations made by the joint lumber-paint committee, is developing test methods and sampling procedures for factory-coated siding millwork, shingles, and shakes.

As a result of a recommendation made by the conferees at the Time-Lile Round Table Conference on Paint that the paint and lumber industries consider a time and motion study to help reduce the cost of labor in paint applications, the joint committee asked that discussions be initiated and a report be submitted to the committee. It was pointed out that a time and motion study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders showed that 83 per cent of the total painting time was spent preparing for painting and cleaning and 17 per cent of the time was actually devoted to the application of paint.

Lots of stains are cheaper than 0lympic

(lf profit is no object, go ahead and sell one)

OLYMPIC STAIN is a lot kinder to your cash register than most other stains.

Why? Simply because Olympic costs more than ordinary stains and gives you a higher profit on each can.

Does that make Olympic harder to sell? No! Most folks are interested in quality just as much as in economy. And Olympic offers both. Quality because Olympic's pigments are deeper, truer and richer. Economy because Olympic lasts years longer than ordinary stainsactually costs less per year to use.

In short, Olympic is the kind of stain product you can sell and recommend to your customers with confidence. Small wonder so many dealers feature it. How about you?

New Plywood Decking Hqs Non-Skid Surfqce

Skid Guard, a now non-skid plywood decking recently introduced, has virtually uulimited uses wherever a non-skid walking surface is important.

Desigrred especially for economical construction of safety surface boat docks, boat decls and floors as well as other decking and walkways exposed to weather, the new non-skid decking also adds safety in plants and factories where industrial floors are exposed to corrosive liquids.

Developed and manufactured by Simp- son Timber Company, one of the nation's leading manufacturers of plywood productso Skid Guard also can be used in athletic locker rooms near showers, for swimming pool decla, in service stations and garages and wherever firm footing is mandatory.

The tough and durable non-skid surface is a small, wafre pattern formed into a plastic-impregnated overlay on either exterior-type Douglas fir plywood or on hardboard laminated to plywood.

Skid Guard, the same as all Simpson overlaid plywoods, can be sawed, nailed, screw fastened or glued, shaped, jointed or edge-planed. While hand tools may be used, best construction results are obtained using sharp, high-speed power tools.

Fuither details and information on local availability of this product may be obtained by writing Simpson Timber Company, 20435 Washington Building, Seattle I, Washington.

W.C.L.A. Lumber Trade Mission Returns From European Trip

West coast sawmills can increase their profitable business with Europe but they must improve their merchandising, their marketing and their manufacturing to share in the additional volume.

A six-man west coast lumber trade mission has just returned from four weeks' intensive work in six European nations: England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, France and Italy.

The do-it-yourself west coast lumber trade mission, unique in that it was completely industry financed, through its spokesman, G. C. Edgett, executive vice president of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, said it would soon have a five-point series of recommendations to make to industry for improving European sales.

We believe, said Edgett, our trip was opportune and productive. The hospitality accorded us everywhere seemed indicative of the timeliness of our visit. Our group included both sales and production experts, he said.

We met old customers, he said, and we met prospective new customers. We saw how our west coast lumber arrives on the docks. We learned about packaging requirements. We saw our lumber used in homes, apartments, in joineries and and remanufacturing. We talked with importers, builders, architects, government officials. While competition is tough, he said, there is still room {or us, especially for our export clears and our long length dimension and timbers.

Besides Edgett, the WCLA sponsored mission included: William Schlauch, manager export department of Georgia-Pacific; Lantz Warrick, export manager of Simpson International; Faval L. Foval, executive assistant to marketing manager, Long-Bell division of International Paper Co., Longview; Strayer E. Pittman, sales manager, Bohemia Lumber Sales, Culp Creek; and Marco J. Heidner, president, Pacific Lumber Exporters Association, Tacoma. A. D. McKellar, department of commerce, accompanied the group.