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...fire-fighting rocket is almost as simple as a wheelbarrow. It has a metal tube packed with solid propellant and feathered with four fins. The working parts come packed in a cylinder of strong waterproof cardboard which can be attached as the "warhead" and filled with water or chemicals. When fired from a simple launching rack, the rocket flies more than a mile. When it hits, its liquid cargo splashes in fine spray, drenching a 50-yd. circle. Rockets carrying 10 gallons cost about $35 each. California and U.S. forest fire fighters are interested. They do not hope...
Matter of Taste. Next season Dr. Urquhart and his growing corps of volunteers were ready with waterproof paper labels. In 1955, 382 taggers put labels on 10,000 butterflies. This time 30 letters came. Tagged Monarchs had been found as far south as Virginia...
...that polystyrene, like any other paint, was not going to resist water for even two years. I advised Rivera to use mosaic, but Diego paid no attention to me." The real blame, of course, could be traced to the capitalist paintmakers who have refused to develop a truly waterproof paint. Said Siqueiros: "The truth is that the capitalist world has not done anything to solve this important problem...
...Waterproof Plywood. A cheap, plastic-surfaced, waterproof plywood called Duraply, designed for the fast-growing small-boat industry, has been developed by Crown Zellerbach Corp. and U.S. Plywood Corp. Made with a new machine that permits the use of lower-grade logs, a ⅜-in.-thick plywood panel sells at the mill for $157 per 1,000 sq. ft., which Crown Zellerbach says is 16% less than comparable plastic-coated plywoods...
Liquid Tile. A liquid plastic that dries into a smooth, hard, waterproof, tile-like surface was put on sale by Ev-R Shield Products, Inc. of Joppa, Md. "Glascote," painted by brush, swab or roller onto porous materials like plaster, plaster wallboard, seasoned wood, concrete or pressed wood, develops a poreless finish that, says the manufacturer, is invulnerable to all known solvents. Price...