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Sashco Log Home Products and Golden Eagle Log Homes Expand Distribution

Sashco Log Home Products and Golden Eagle Log Homes have expanded distribution and retail availability to better service the log home community.

Sashco Log Home Products announces their expanded relationship with Wisconsin based Golden Eagle Log Homes. The new expansion is just one part of Golden Eagle Log Homes' extensive investment in the future of their business as the economy recovers and they prepare for an increase in log home construction.

Golden Eagle Log Homes now offers the complete line of Sashco stains and finishes as their preferred choice for both exterior and interior log home products. Product availability includes High Sierra®, Transformation Stain™, and Log Builder®. In addition, Golden Eagle Log Homes now offers the complete line of Sashco stains, chinking and caulks on their new E-store. This addition allows all log home owners in central Wisconsin and beyond immediate access to Sashco log home finishing products. New expansion plans for Golden Eagle Log Homes also include offering a range of maintenance services to the log home industry, including professional blasting services.

Jim Minter, National Sales Manager for Sashco Log Home Products stated that, "Golden Eagle Log Homes is a respected and strong log home company and one Sashco is very excited to grow with. We are impressed by their foresight as they heavily invest in their future to increase readiness for the anticipated increase in log home building. We are pleased that Golden Eagle Log Homes recognizes the value of Sashco's log home products and services. I am confident that by recommending Sashco products, Golden Eagle's customers will maintain the beauty of the quality workmanship Golden Eagle Log Homes take so much pride in. We view this expansion as an ideal approach to meeting increasing consumer demand."

Sashco and Golden Eagle Log Homes are both family owned and operated companies, who together share more than one hundred years in business. Both Sashco and Golden Eagle Log Homes have a long history of operational integrity that has gained them a reputation for quality products and service. For more information about Sashco log home products visit their website at www.sashco.com and, for more information about Golden Eagle Log Homes, visit www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

About Sashco Log Home Products:
Since 1936, Sashco has been manufacturing high performance caulks and sealants for specific home improvement on traditional built to log homes from the chimney to foundation. Sashco's line of home improvement products includes: Lexel – the first clear caulk in the clear tube; Big Stretch – for doors, windows and siding - won't crack it just stretches; Mor-Flexx – textured mortar and stucco repair; Through the Roof – clear, flexible, permanent roof repair. Sashco's log home products includes a complete line of ecologically safe, compatible products for finishing, maintenance, and restoration, including stains, caulking, chinking, borates and cleaning products, as well as finishing equipment.

About Golden Eagle Log Homes:
Founded in 1966, Golden Eagle Log Homes is a family business that grew from a successful building supply company. With the knowledge gained from building conventional framed homes and an in-depth understanding of the building products industry, the Parmeters decided to pursue their dream of building a log home in which to raise their family. This led to a small side business which began providing several custom log home packages a year to appreciative clientele. Today, Golden Eagle Log Homes is owned by Jay and Tod Parmeter and now produces hundreds of log homes, every one of them delivered with care, attention-to-detail and personal service. Golden Eagle's success comes from a dedicated group of people devoted to the time honored tradition of quality workmanship.

Sashco Log Home Products and Columbia Paint Announce New Alliance

Sashco Log Home Products and Columbia Paint unite to expand distribution of Sashco products in Columbia Paint stores throughout the Pacific Northwest.

After successfully teaming up with two Columbia Paint locations, Sashco and Columbia Paint have approved expanded distribution into six additional Columbia Paint locations throughout the Pacific Northwest region including Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming.

Jim Minter, National Sales Manager for Sashco Log Home Products stated that, "We are impressed by the way Columbia Paint operates. Our companies like commitments to quality and innovation make us very well-suited for one another. I'm pleased with the relationship we've established with them and we feel confident that this expanded alliance will serve both companies well. We are excited about the opportunity to make Sashco Log Home products more readily available to consumers in the Pacific Northwest. We view this expansion with Columbia Paint as an ideal approach to meeting the consumer demand we've identified in that region."

Sashco's complete line of compatible log home finishing products including caulking, chinking, interior and exterior stains, and log cleaning products are now available from the select Columbia paint retail locations.

Each with more than six decades in business, both Sashco and Columbia Paint have a long history of research, development, and service that have gained them a reputation for quality product that consistently outperform their competition. For more information about Sashco Log Home Products visit www.sashco.com, and for Columbia Paint visit www.columbiapaint.com.

About Sashco Sealants:
Since 1936, Sashco Sealants has been manufacturing high performance caulks and sealants for specific home improvement on traditional built and log homes, from the chimney to foundation. Sashco's line of home improvement products includes: Lexel – the first clear caulk in the clear tube; Big Stretch – for doors, windows and siding - won't crack it just stretches; Mor-Flexx – textured mortar and stucco repair; Through the Roof – clear, flexible, permanent roof repair. Sashco's log home products includes a complete line of ecologically safe, compatible products for finishing, maintenance, and restoration, including stains, caulking, chinking, borates and cleaning products, as well as finishing equipment.

About Columbia Paint:
Columbia Paint & Coatings markets architectural, industrial and specialty paint and coatings throughout the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West through 41 company-owned wholesale/retail stores, and a wide network of dealers. In addition to paint and coatings, the company provides a complete offering of surface preparation materials, application tools and equipment, and other related supplies.

Sashco Log Home Products Hires a New Northwest Sales Rep

Contrary to present inclinations in the industry, Sashco Log Home Products, manufacturer of finishing products for log home construction, hires a new northwest sales rep.

Contrary to present inclinations in the industry, Sashco Log Home Products, manufacturer of finishing products for log home construction made a decision to hire Arnie Didier, to serve as their new northwest sales rep.

"Sashco is very cognizant of the struggle many of our customers face in the current economic climate, we want to support them any way we can. We feel confident that Arnie Didier will offer a fresh, new level of service, and can present innovative ideas and solutions to help our customers prosper both through these times, as well as in the days ahead", explained Sashco's national log sales manager, Jim Minter, in response to the decision to continue hiring despite sharp downturns in the building and construction industries.

Sashco evaded the decline in growth that plagued almost every other competitor across-the-board this year. When asked why they believed that to be true, Sashco attributed a confidence in maintaining and building a strong sales team as one "very strong" contributing factor. Minter stated that, "We are thrilled and humbled to be in a position to be able to continue recruiting employees to Sashco with Arnie's caliber of experience and knowledge. Arnie's previous experience and knowledge will be of great value to our customers as he represents Sashco."

Arnie resides with his family in Missoula, Montana. Prior to joining the Sashco team, Arnie worked for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation as the Director of Marketing and Corporate Sales, and prior to that, served as Senior Area Sales Manager in the Distribution Division at Georgia Pacific Corporation for 20 years, where he was responsible for five facilities and 140 employees.

About Sashco Sealants:
Since 1936, Sashco Sealants has been manufacturing high performance caulks and sealants for specific home improvement on traditional built and log homes, from the chimney to foundation. Sashco's line of home improvement products includes: Lexel – the first clear caulk in the clear tube; Big Stretch – for doors, windows and siding - won't crack it just stretches; Mor-Flexx – textured mortar and stucco repair; Through the Roof – clear, flexible, permanent roof repair. Sashco's log home products includes a complete line of ecologically safe, compatible products for finishing, maintenance, and restoration, including stains, caulking, chinking, borates and cleaning products, as well as finishing equipment.

Sashco Launches New Log Home Thermography Training Courses

In a slow building market, Sashco's new thermographic training courses provide painters, builders, contractors, or anyone looking to start a new business opportunities for added income.

Colorado based Sashco Log Home Products introduces Insector Detector, a brand new thermographic log home scanning and diagnostic training course. The Insector Detector program provides distinctive education as one of the first of its kind in the industry to train on the thermographic imaging technique specifically for use in log homes. Sashco has also expanded and enhanced their industry renowned Zero Failures Seminar, a technical course that trains contractors to enter the lucrative field of log home finishing and maintenance.

Significant downturns in the housing and construction markets, and their resulting impact on the economy, make finding a niche service and new avenues for added income more important than ever before for many contractors. And bands of other professionals who find themselves out of work after suffering the IT fallout are exploring innovative new careers paths. For both groups, learning about Sashco's unique training opportunities is like finding a hidden treasure.

Despite the difficult housing market, log home building continues to gain popularity and is still the preferred style of home for many baby-boomers. In fact, numerous homeowners are opting to build log homes now while land costs have moderated and interest rates remain low. Log home owners comprise a niche market often willing to pay for specialized expert services like those taught in Sashco's Zero Failures and Insector Detector training courses.

Sashco's new Insector Detector training is a two-day course that introduces students to the lucrative log home thermography market. Sashco Project Manager, Tari Warwick, explains that, "Log home owners often suffer extreme frustration over the discomfort caused by both the penetration of bugs and unwanted air into their homes. These homeowners recognize the value of, and are willing to pay for, an expert who can identify those areas that allow bugs and air to enter. Sashco's Insector Detector training provides contractors with the tools and knowledge they need to employ thermography as a means of relieving homeowner frustration by identifying entry points for bugs and air that can provide considerable energy savings, as well as added comfort."

Sashco's newly enhanced Zero Failures Seminar is the prerequisite to Insector Detector training. Zero Failures is an intensive two-day technical training course that dedicates equal amounts of time to both classroom learning, and hands-on training from some of the industry's top log maintenance experts. Sashco's Zero Failures Seminar teaches best practices for log home preparation, care and maintenance, and product application, as well as teaching the differences between wood and logs and how best to maintain them.

A recent graduate of Sashco's Zero Failures course reported back three short months after completing his training explaining that, "My Zero Failures training has made me more money than any other schooling I've ever done, including high school and college."

Both Zero Failure's and Insector Detector training courses are scheduled for October, January, and March, 2008. For more information or for specific course dates, visit Sashco's Web site at www.sashco.com, or call 1-800-767-5656.

Photo caption: Thermography image reveals areas in green and blue where air is entering the home. These are areas that to the naked eye look tight and are only revealed by the thermographic imaging technology. Thermographic photo results guide homeowners and contractors to the areas of the home that need to be resealed for optimum comfort and efficiency.

About Sashco Sealants:
Since 1936, Sashco Sealants has been manufacturing high performance caulks and sealants for specific home improvement on traditional built to log homes from the chimney to foundation. Sashco's line of home improvement products includes: Lexel – the first clear caulk in the clear tube; Big Stretch – for doors, windows and siding - won't crack it just stretches; Mor-Flexx – textured mortar and stucco repair; Through the Roof – clear, flexible, permanent roof repair. Sashco's log home products includes a complete line of ecologically safe, compatible products for finishing, maintenance, and restoration, including stains, caulking, chinking, borates and cleaning products, as well as finishing equipment.

Sashco Sealants receives nomination from the GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards™

Sashco Sealants is nominated for the 2008 Green Log Home & Lifestyle Award given for excellence in providing environmentally sound home building and green living products that enable healthier homes and lifestyles.

Sashco Sealants, a Colorado based manufacturer of coatings and sealants, has been nominated within the category of stains and finishes for the 2008 GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards™.

Sashco Sealants specializes in manufacturing high-performance finishing products for log homes that include fully compatible stains, caulks, and chinking.

Transformation Stain™, Sashco's newest addition to their stain line is formulated with resins based on renewable resources, such as safflower, linseed, and Tung oil, rather than petroleum-based chemicals. Transformation Stain™ is also available in a VOC compliant formula. The Transformation Stain™ VOC compliant formula utilizes a solvent that is non-photochemically reactive, so it does not generate ground level smog. Sashco took special care when formulating Transformation Stain™ for long-term durability and performance to decrease the frequency and need to re-apply, or re-stain so as often as other stains on the market. Longer durability results in reduced product consumption and the resulting waste. To further reduce waste, Transformation Stain™ is packaged in fully recyclable metal pails.

Many of Sashco's products including the Sashco's Capture Log Stain & Cascade stain system, and sealants like Log Builder, Log Jam, Chinker's Edge, and Conceal are all totally water based products that offer earth, animal and human friendly water-clean up without the use of mineral spirits or other harsh chemicals that pollute the air, ground, and water and are toxic to both humans and animals.

Wayne Summons, Vice President & Technical Director at Sashco Sealants explained that, "We are thrilled about this important nomination, and are proud to be included amongst companies who are committed to providing environmentally responsible products. While we have more to do to make overall improvements in making all of our products green, we are committed to offering our customers the highest quality products that they're accustomed to from Sashco, while also helping to contribute to building a greener world."

The GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards™ program was created in response to the growing demand for green building solutions, products, and information. The goal behind awarding this recognition is to locate and shine a spotlight on those companies and individuals who are enabling healthier homes and lifestyles by way of excellence in environmentally sound home building and green living products. The GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards™ program was founded by the non-profit organization, Green Log Awards, Inc., in cooperation with the Environment News Service (ENS).

About Sashco:
Since 1936, from chimney to foundation, Sashco Sealants has been manufacturing high performance caulks and sealants for specific home improvement and repair applications. Sashco's line of home improvement products includes: Lexel – the first clear caulk in the clear tube; Big Stretch – for doors, windows and siding - won't crack it just stretches; Mor-Flexx – textured mortar and stucco repair; Through the Roof – clear, flexible, permanent roof repair. Visit Sashco online at www.sashco.com.

Denver-based Company's Product Will Protect World's Largest Washboard

Add another odd entry to the record books. Yes, you read it correctly – the world's largest washboard is about to make history. Logan, Ohio's, Columbus Washboard Company, established in 1895, is the last remaining washboard company in the United States. The company, who still constructs each handmade washboard one by one, has assembled the largest washboard in the world. The monstrous 24 x 12 foot washboard record winner will be unveiled Father's Day weekend at the 2004 International Washboard Festival in Logan, Ohio.

The washboard will be carefully attached to the 11,000 square foot, three-story Columbus Washboard Company building where is will reside suspended 32-feet in the air. The already popular tourist attraction will undoubtedly be a little easier to find with its notable new addition.

The washboard designers are tending to the final stages of construction in preparation for the June 18, 2004 unveiling. Columbus Washboard Company owner and manager, Jacqui Barnett explains that, "a major consideration in finishing the massive creation is staining the wood so it will survive the powerful punch of Mother Nature 32-feet in the air." Barnett continued, "We want it to hold up so it will survive for a long time as a tourist attraction for people to enjoy. My husband, Bevan, builds log homes so he knows what stains protect wood the best. He knew we needed the best stain we could get. We'll be using Sashco's Capture Log Stain/Cascade stain system because it's the only product that will hold up in this extreme outside exposure."

The construction team has spent weeks sawing, sanding, and gluing parts together and now the fruit of their labor is nearly complete. This year's Washboard Festival will certainly be one to remember with a giant guest of honor that's sure to make a "splash" amongst washboard enthusiasts everywhere.

What: Unveiling of world's largest washboard

When: Friday, June 18, 2004

Where: 2004 International Washboard Festival, Logan, Ohio - 50 miles SE of Columbus

Who: Columbus Washboard Company

Since its founding in 1936, Sashco has led the way in innovation and product performance by developing high quality sealants and finishing products for both the conventional home construction and log home industries. Sashco is committed to delighting the customer with a better way, by consistently providing products that work. Visit www.sashco.com for more information.

Virtual Fountain of Youth for Old
Log Homes Takes Them from Dull to Dazzling!

Log homes with old, dull, eroded stain – rejoice! The transformation from blah to beautiful is just a spray away, with Sashco Log Home Products new Transformation™ Stain. Transformation Stain, the only stain product made expressly for log home restoration, gives lifeless logs a new lease on life.

Since its founding in 1936, Sashco has led the way in innovation and product performance by developing high quality sealants and finishing products for both the conventional home construction and log home industries. Sashco is committed to delighting the customer with a better way, by consistently providing products that work. Visit www.sashco.com for more information.

A Great Customer Service Experience?
Yes! I Wood Care, You Would Care, We Would All Care!

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity." –Douglas Adams

While there are many factors that make Sherburne, New York's, I Wood Care unique, perhaps the greatest is their consummate approach to customer service. In this—an automated, in and out, fast-food, flurried—time, more consumers are craving an unhurried, personal approach to service. I Wood Care has made a name for itself by offering just that.

"The customer comes first" and "the customer is always right," are at times used as cheeky phrases. At I Wood Care they are spoken with complete sincerity, a refreshing approach that patrons sense from the moment they walk through the door.

"We really value customer service, it's not unusual for us to be on the phone helping our customers for 10-minutes to an hour. We don't rush anybody," commented I Wood Care manager Dick Alger.

Since its founding in 1994, I Wood Care has supplied log home manufacturers, dealers, professional contractors, and log home owners with products and guidance for preserving and maintaining log homes. I Wood Care is not only committed to selling the highest quality products, but also to providing their customers with the knowledge necessary to successfully complete their log home finishing projects.

I Wood Care customer Phil Bucantis said, "I knew nothing about how to refinish a log home, I knew nothing about log homes in general. I Wood Care took the time to walk me through everything I needed to do to finish my log home. I couldn't have been happier with the products or the service. They were just great. I used mostly Sashco products and while I may have gotten them cheaper somewhere else, with the service and advice I got from I Wood Care, I just felt compelled to buy there. I haven't needed to interact much with them since then because everything they recommended worked so well!"

If real service is measured by sincerity and integrity, I Wood Care has it down pat. Consumers can rest assured that they will receive the kind of excellent service they deserve and the expertise they expect when they do business with I Wood Care.

Professional Log Home Applicators Get the Edge on Their Competitors

Sashco Log Home Finishing Products, the makers of Log Jam and Conceal, wow professional applicators with Chinker's Edge, their new chink formula designed specifically for professional chinkers. Chinker's Edge makes work go faster! It gives professionals the edge with fast tooling and easy clean up—savings as high as 20% in labor costs or application time.

How can Sashco make these claims? Professional chinkers have developed and tested the final formulation. Tooling is unbelievably easy, and, because little to no water is needed in the tooling process, clean up is practically eliminated.

"Chinker's Edge cleans up better and used half the water. It didn't stick in nooks and crannies and cleans up with a sponge. My crew was 25% faster when tooling Chinker's Edge," says Reuben Toavs of Fort Northwest Log Restoration.

Sashco asked professional applicators which colors their customers request most often and made Chinker's Edge available in the five most commonly requested colors. Performance is guaranteed with a 10-year warranty, or a Limited Lifetime Warranty when used with any of Sashco's stains. Exceptional performance professionals expect coupled with time and labor savings give chinkers the edge, Chinker's Edge.

Since its founding in 1936, Sashco has led the way in innovation and product performance by developing high quality sealants and finishing products for both the conventional home construction and log home industries. Sashco is committed to delighting the customer with a better way, by consistently providing products that work. Visit www.sashco.com for more information.

A Familiar Face in Log Home Industry Acknowledged

Paul Peebles, an employee of Sashco Log Home Products, received recognition as Salesman of the Year for 2003. Paul has been an employee of Sashco for nine years. A familiar name in the log home industry, Paul has earned a reputation for his professional integrity, impeccable sense of humor, and readiness to exceed customer's expectations. Paul's professional achievements have helped Sashco to significantly increase product sales in the Southeast territory of the US. In his nine years with Sashco, Paul has had impressive double-digit sales increases ranging from 10 – 35% every year.

Paul is known for his significant contribution toward Sashco's sales; however when most people hear the name Paul Peebles their first thought is "he's a friend." Paul has a special way of turning customers and colleagues into some of his closest friends. Paul's delightful spirit toward customers and his work is contagious, and anyone who knows him can't help but love and respect him. Paul represents Sashco in a way that enhances the log home industry as a whole. Paul has been a guest speaker at the International Business Show and is actively involved with the Log Homes Council. He enjoys reading and spending time as an avid outdoors man.

Since its founding in 1936, Sashco has led the way in innovation and product performance by developing high quality sealants and finishing products for both the conventional home construction and log home industries. Sashco is committed to delighting the customer with a better way, by consistently providing products that work. Visit www.sashco.com for more information.