Attempting to Clean Up a Shower Hazard

Mrs. Max Snyder of Calabasas would like to find a product called Safety Etch , a clear liquid that was poured into tubs or showers to make them slip-proof; she says the product did not discolor the tiles and lasted a long time. Can you help turn it on for Snyder, or will she feel like a fall guy because she’s convinced somebody is giving her the slip?

Mary Bremner of Lynwood is all fired up because of her inability to locate electric stove burner covers. Can you help with that hot item, or will Bremner’s burning desire for an electrifying cover-up go up in smoke?

Another reader with a steamy problem is Jane Larrabee of Sherman Oaks, who is looking for comfortable clothing to wear on a cruise into southern waters, where air conditioning cannot always be controlled and where it might get cold sometimes; specifically, she is looking for warm undergarments for day and evening wear. Can you help warm the cockles of Larrabee’s heart before she gets cold feet over her next cruise, or will she never be able to have a hot time in any of the old towns at night?

Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Eleanor at (213) 326-9039 is looking for the video game Odyssey , which is no longer being manufactured. Please help so that Eleanor won’t have to spend the next 10 years on a wild-goose chase. . . . Dee at (213) 735-7768 is searching for the trading cards that were popular about 30 years ago; they were like playing cards but featured various pictures and plain white backs. Please see to it that Dee is carded before she realizes that the game is up.

Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items and for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that others may contact you directly.

For June Nowell of Carlsbad, who was willing to drive into Orange County to get Calso water, we finally have a reason for getting into a car. Pat Clancy of Fullerton, who herself was looking for Thintonic, did some research and says that Calso and Thintonic are distributed in Orange County by Western International Imports, 767 W. Channel St., San Pedro, Calif. 90731, (213) 832-4587; the firm may even know of a distributor close to Carlsbad. Clancy says she gets her supply of the water from Hi-Time Cellars, 250 Ogle St., Costa Mesa, Calif. 92627, (714) 650-8463 (ask for Paul). She adds that Calso water lovers in the Los Angeles area should contact Modugno Bros., 12975 Arroyo Ave., San Fernando, (818) 365-3204, for a nearby store.

Mrs. L. L. Handy of Fullerton, who was looking for someone to repair the peaked caps of beer steins, can stop foaming. Mark Durban, president of the Stein Collector Intl., says he can refer Handy to some able repairmen but the cost may be too high. Durban can be contacted at P. O. Box BG, Monterey Park, Calif. 91754.

Martin Zimmerman of Los Angeles, who wanted to zip into an old-fashioned windbreaker with conventional collar, may yet get a break. Ilana Drummond of San Pedro says that Recreational Equipment on Torrance Boulevard in Carson near the Harbor Freeway carries a complete line of jackets.

Patti Garrity of Manhattan Beach, who was eager for L’Erin lipstick in Plumrose Frost, can start puckering up. Sharon Harris of Downey says to contact the L’Erin Cosmetics Co., P. O. Box 2217, Philadelphia, Pa. 19103, (800) 423-3619.

Herb Hain cannot answer mail personally but will, space permitting, respond in this column to readers who need--or have--helpful information. Write (do not telephone) to You Can Help!, You section, The Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 90053.