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After producing the CapeCod gray color in 5/4 x6 decking, we have been asked by several of our customers if we could produce the railing components in the same color. We are going to produce all of the railing components in both the CapeCod and the Sequoia color. The Sequoia components, including the 4x4, will all be in stock shortly. The CapeCod components are 3 weeks out from today.

We have given the OK to the newest DreamDex color to be produced. That color is Coffee and will be coming out in about 2 months time.  We will produce only the 5/4x6 , both Clear and Classic , in the Coffee color.

Compass Lumber Products will be represented by a booth featuring DreamDex at the West Coast Green symposium at Fort Mason in san Francisco Calif., Sept. 30th- Oct. 2nd , 2010. This well be our first Green show and it is very exciting! We will be featured in the FSC area as DreamDex is an FSC chain of custody, product. Please come out to visit us and be introduced to the Wonderful new Decking product, DreamDex! The first Scientifically Enhanced Performance Lumber using BioCore technology!!

We are in exciting times. I just returned from Portland , Oregon to view the treat of 100,000 board feet of clear and knotty Sequoia DreamDex. This batch will be done in 10 days with another 100,000 feet immediately following.

The next 150,000 of DreamDex both Classic ( knotty ) and Clear will be out the end of the month. From that time on , we are in continuous production. It has been a long wait, but the reward for waiting will be great! We will have both of the Sequoia and the CapeCod colors available. The railing components will be out the 3rd week of August in the Sequoia. We are waiting to get the final date on the Alabaster ( white) railing components for the CapeCod decking. Stay Tuned!!

Our salesman in the Hawaiian Islands, Rob Bloom, has had a one foot wedge of DreamDex pounded into the ground for the last 4 months. Rob lives in the Kapalua region of Maui. The wedge has been completely immersed in wet earth. No insect damage at all has occurred.  This is very significant, as the Formosa termites in this area are famous for eating anything they get at, including pressure treated lumber! We visited several lumber yards on the island of Maui and had a very enthusiastic response to DreamDex.

We are happy to announce that we have 300,000 feet of lumber heading for infusion with the BioCore treatment in two weeks! This will be the introduction of our knotty grade, "Classic". The decking will appear to be like a tight knot Select Heart Redwood grade but with all of the DreamDex characteristics! The 1" decking will span 24" and has the same Class "0" fire rating that our DreamDex Clear  carries. the first batch will be the Sequoia color with the CapeCod color to follow 10 days behind. The age of DreamDex Living is dawning!!

We are excited to announce that we have identified and purchased knotty lumber that will fit our DreamDex Classic grade . This lumber is purchased and going to be infused with the BioCore Technology the week of February 8th. The Sequoia color will hit the market first, with the CapeCod color to follow.

We , at Compass Lumber Products, would like to acknowledge the passing of a great lumberman, Ray Flynn. Ray was the founder of Calwaii Corporation which has since evolved into Windsor Mill. Ray was a very innovative lumberman. He took many chances with new products. He was one of the pioneers, stateside, to perfect sidings and trim using finger jointed material. His WindsorOne Radiata Pine FJ Sidings and Trim are the standard by which all others in the industry are measured.We wish his family the best in this time of great sorrow.

By logging into the website and clicking on products then DreamDex,  it is now possible to download a copy of the 20 year warranty, the installation instructions, and the complete MSDS.