"Thanks for your e-mails."
Letters
It’s been great fun hearing from you. Below are some of the letters I’ve received.
If you have specific questions about my Water Putty (e.g., Where can I buy it? Will it work in a particular application?), please use the “Contact Form” on this Web site to reach the nice people who own and operate DURHAM’S. That’s why it’s important for you to include a phone number so they can respond directly.
I am just tickled. Over the past couple of months, a number of requests have come from a variety of inventors and testers from around the world. Maybe someday, you will find my Water Putty on athletic courts, in electronics goods, in the toy box, and in a variety of other places I couldn’t even dream of when I was just a kid. Keep experimenting!
And now, on to the mail…
“My dad has a can of your water putty that he got about 25 years ago from Abbe Lumber in New Jersey before I was even born. I needed wood filler for an art project I was working on and he dug up the can from the garage, and 25 years later it worked like a charm. It not only filled the holes I needed, it sanded down easily and smoothly. In short, thanks for making such a long-lasting, high-quality product. It really saved me a lot of work for this project!”
– Ariell Horowitz
Its always a great pleasure to hear from our satisfied customers such as yourself. Since Durham’s has sold steadily for nearly 80 years, we are well aware that folks are using our Rock Hard Water Putty for a wide variety of projects… but seldom do we hear about their successful completion and the part that Durham’s played in getting the job done well! I also particularly like hearing from our users who have had some Durham’s passed down from generation to generation. Thanks for using our product, and I hope that your success will encourage you to look for new uses for it to help you out in your projects. Return to top.
“I was just using some rock hard [Durham’s Water Putty} on 2×6 patching knots. I was looking over the can and thinking that this was the one product my Father used for all my life! There is not one other thing I can think of that I still use today. My Dad started me wood working when I was 10 or 11. I remember that can was always around. And he used it for all repairs. We mix it with wood glue and it gets hard as glass it seems. Trick my Dad taught me 50 years ago. Thanks for one of the greatest products of all time and the bond between my Dad and Me.”
– Byron Manley, son of Dr. Charles A. Manley, my original Rock Hard Man!
What a great tribute to your father and Durham’s Rock Hard Water Putty. It’s wonderful to hear how my Water Putty can bond people as well as wood. Return to top.
“I have been both using and selling your product for well over thirty years. It has done everything that you advertise. I have drilled, sanded, painted, glued and more. I have used it to patch wooden items, walls and even fences. Thanks for providing a superior product at a great price.”
– Alan Coonan, Arizona
Thanks, Alan, for the nice comments. DURHAM’S ROCK HARD Water Putty is indeed a superior product and we intent to keep making it for you for at least another thirty years. Return to top.
“Obviously you’re well aware that your product is spectacular, but I just thought I’d remind you. I bought your product the first time just because it sounded good with “no shrinking” and “ROCK HARD” on the label. I used it to fill the cavities in old fashioned doors that took skeleton keys. I had a bunch of these doors in my house but the replacement guts were prohibitively expensive. Putting in modern doorknobs seemed a cheap way out, but what to do about the huge void? I tried your product on one door to see if it’d do the trick and what do you know, it was like a solid section of door again.
“Actually it was harder than the original wood. I used a belt sander on both sides and the edge, drilled the holes for the new doorknobs, painted the doors, installed new knobs and presto, the doors looked like they came that way. That was 12 years ago and nothing has changed. It still looks like it did when I first did the job. Since then I use it whenever a job calls for it and am always happy. The last time I ran out, though, it took me awhile to find it. I was worried that it wasn’t being made anymore!
“Please continue making this product forever!”
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