EXHIBIT 24


                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Each of the undersigned, does hereby appoint Paul K. Gaston,
Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;



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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.


and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully and purposes as each of the undersigned might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said
attorneys and each of them.

Dated:  March 27, 1996


/S/ PAUL K. GASTON                    /S/ CHARLES E. BENNETT
Paul K. Gaston                        Charles E. Bennett
Chairman and Director                 President, Chief Executive Officer
                                      and Director

/S/ HENRY H. GRAHAM, JR.
Henry H. Graham, Jr.
Vice President of Finance, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, GEORGE R. KEMPTON, does hereby appoint Paul K.
Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;






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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.








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and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ GEORGE R. KEMPTON
                                      George R. Kempton
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, JOHN RUSSELL FOWLER, does hereby appoint Paul K.
Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;


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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.

and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ JOHN RUSSELL FOWLER
                                      John Russell Fowler
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, K. KEVIN HEPP, does hereby appoint Paul K. Gaston,
Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;


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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.








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and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ K. KEVIN HEPP
                                      K. Kevin Hepp
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, WINTHROP C. NEILSON, III, does hereby appoint Paul
K. Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of
them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;


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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.


and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ WINTHROP C. NEILSON, III
                                      Winthrop C. Neilson, III
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, ROBERT D. TUTTLE, does hereby appoint Paul K.
Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.








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and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ ROBERT D. TUTTLE
                                      Robert D. Tuttle
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, JAMES L. SADLER, does hereby appoint Paul K.
Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;


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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.


and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ JAMES L. SADLER
                                      James L. Sadler
                                      Director

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned, ROBERT W. SCHULT, does hereby appoint Paul K.
Gaston, Charles E. Bennett, and Henry H. Graham, Jr., and any one of them
severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, of Guardsman Products, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

   -   The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
       December 31, 1995, and any and all amendments to said
       report on Form 10-K;

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   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Performance Award Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-3 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock
       Purchase Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. Security Builder Plan or
       Section 401(k) Plan, and interests in the Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's Common
       Stock, $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Purchase
       Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the
       Guardsman Products, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

   -   A post-effective amendment to the Form S-8 Registration
       Statement regarding the shares of the Company's common
       stock $1 par value, to be issued pursuant to the Moline
       Paint Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan, and
       interests in the Plan.








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and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with
the New York Stock Exchange.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or
necessary to be done as fully as each of the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.


Dated:  February 16, 1996

                                      /S/ ROBERT W. SCHULT
                                      Robert W. Schult
                                      Director





































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