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FILE NAME: Kelly Moore (KM) DATE: 1975 Mar 28 DOC#: KM021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Minutes - Paco Production Meeting ;c . I PACO PRODUCTION MEETING r _______ March 28, 1975_______ PRESENT: John Brown, Don Marquardt, Doug M errill, Bob M iller, Bill Moore, Wes W essel, John Winslow 1. The revised 4151 Topping appears to be the best product we have made and John Brown reports that it stands w ell, has minimum shrinkage and works w ell. The only problem he has encountered is that it could need more open time in warm weather. This can be corrected, but would raise our cost slightly. 2. Doug Merrill has attempted to revise our 4051 All-Purpose similar to the 4051 Topping; however, the first experimental batch of this did not work too well in the field te s ts . The biggest problem was that it was sensitive in thinning down and could be over-thinned quite easily . Also, the customer reported that it worked harder. Doug will do some additional work on this to see if we can get a satisfactory 4051 at a lower cost. 3. We have decided to put more effort into promoting our 5525 Dry Powder Taping Compound, since this represents a good savings to the customer, and according to Don Marquardt also works w ell. If we can do th is, particularly with small u sers, we think it will put us in a better competitive position, since our competition does not have a product this good. In order to promote th is, it will be necessary for the customei to have a half-inch drill with an extension shaft and blade for mixing. We will try to purchase these through our HIC's so that they can be sold to our customers at a savings We will also buy one for each of our salesmen to use for demonstration purposes. 4. We are s till getting reports in the Northwest and from the Bay Area that our 5565 Wall Texture is thinning down in the tanks and is soft when applied to the w all, which makes it difficult to obtain a good paint job over the texture. However, Wes W essel and Don Marquardt both say they are getting excellent results with i t . Doug has been unable to duplicate this problem in the lab; therefore, it will be necessary for us to get samples from the customer who is having a problem and see if we can determin what it is from tests on the field product. 5. We have not completed the tests on painting over Quik-Set to see if it can be done without putting on a sealer coat; however, preliminary tests made by Doug show that it should not be much of a problem. Bob M iller will have the lab make these tests within the next week and put out a bulletin on the resu lts. At this time, we have decided not to try to make Quik-Set in California, since the heavy season for it is almos over. We will reconsider this next fall. 6. The State of California regulations on use of asbestos in Paco-type products reduces it to a maximum of 1/2 of 1% effective July 1, 1975, and there is a further re duction to zero on July 1, 1976. This is more strict that the current EPA regulations K M X 01375 PACO PRODUCTION MEETING March 28, 1975 Page 2 ______________________ which apply to the rest of the country. Our 5565-B Wall Texture is asbesto s free and our best selling product; therefore, we can promote this without any problem. We will need to get our 6373-L Acoustic down to this by July 1. Doug feels that it may be im possible to do this with the 6374-type product; however, work will be done on both of them. As soon as he has sam ples, he will try to get them tested so that we have some knowledge as to where we stand prior to the July 1 deadline. This California regulation only applies to spray-type products, so it does not affect our join t cement at this time . Since this product cannot be sold through our stores after July 1 , we will have to setup a program whereby we have the new product available and distributed, and all the old product either sold or brought in for sale outside the State of California. John Winslow and Doug Merrill will coordinate a program to take care of th is . It appears that we will need to have this new product not later than May 1. 7. Don Marquardt reports that Hamilton is now selling an asb esto s-free acoust in a 50 lb . bag, which one customer has reported he likes and has gone to this product. The co st on this is $ 6 . 2 1 , le ss 14jr%. Don will get a sample bag for Doug to use as a comparison in making our asb esto s-free type. 8. The next meeting will be held on Friday, May 2 , at 8:30 A.M. c c : Gene Biddle Peter deVries Jack Fuhrman Bill Harrison Chuck Hogue A1 Holland Dick Nesmith Frank Skaggs K M X 01376