Happy New Year! Boy, we need a new decade. As we posted earlier ToolMonger posted a review of Bloxygen on their site here. Within a few hours, the folks at Cool Tools at the DIY Network called us. They did a review and filming of Bloxygen and it will air on the DIY channel in April or May. Wow. We are now also running ads in Woodworker West and Sail Magazine.
Please welcome Innate Technologies to our vendor list. They specialize in "quality kustom painting products and supplies" and have a beautiful site showing their recent paint jobs here. They've actually been selling Bloxygen for years, but now are adding it to their website. The folks there are awsome.
Last summer, we extended a welcome to Apollo Sprayers who agreed to carry Bloxygen in their new site, The Finishing Store. Also LSS, the owners of McFeely's Square Drive Screws, Gemplers, and a host of other great catalog sale outlets will be selling Bloxygen in several catalogs. This organization is very professional and extremely well organized; a pleasure to work with! We also started an advertising campaign on Google and in Popular Woodworking.
As reported earlier:
Some new vendors include TCP Global, The Flooring Connection, Amazon.com, and eBay.
We have updated our advertising a bit by adding keywords to our website, advertising in Woodshop News, and advertising on Google. We've added some new distributors including Svendsen's Marine. Woodcraft Supply has Bloxygen on sale and Craft Supplies USA also added us to their flier. A local magazine called HomePro featured Bloxygen in a wonderful article. You can view it here.
The summer of 2008 was a busy one. We improved our product, changed our label, and improved our manufacturing process. We now have more control over cost, materials, availability, and lead times. We went to an even more effective formula using more expensive Argon gas BUT we kept our prices the same. Somebody has to save on gas!!
You may notice some new photos on our site. We contracted with a WONDERFUL photographer, Meadow Rose and she took photos of our new cans. Thank you Meadow!
ON THE HORIZON:
Whats next for Bloxygen? More advertising, a new point of sale display, website work, and more efforts to control costs. We're also working on even more activity on the internet. Let us know what you'd like!
CLASSIC BLOXYGEN REPORTS:
FIVE STARS! for Bloxygen from Wood Magazine
The August 1998 issue features a RAVING review of Bloxygen. The review is based on their own shop testing and resulted in FIVE stars for performance, FIVE stars for value, and the 1998 Editors' Chioce Award. We couldn't agree more. According to Wood, "Bloxygen keeps finishes fresh and helps reduce waste. It's just the ticket..."
See page 78 of issue 107 or our "Reviews" section:
Bloxygen was featured in Fine Woodworking magazine (issue #129, page 96). The article, in the Tools and Materials section, contains an article written by Jeff Jewitt, author and finishing expert. In the article, Mr. Jewitt says "The idea ... is quite simple" and "[Bloxygen] performed well on oil-based products." As you could imagine, we're pretty excited!
Our own testing continues and we are constantly looking for new samples or ideas. Please contact IronWood Designs and we'll arrange a test for you. Here's a photo of our current set of vials. One set is a "control" and hasn't had Bloxygen...the other set has been "gassed."
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Address:
IronWood Designs
P.O. Box 13838
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Here's a printable order form if you want to mail or fax your order. Order Form