Exhibit 99.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Q.E.P. Co., Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ending November 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Lewis Gould,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company, certify, pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition, and result of operations of the Company.



/s/ Lewis Gould
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Lewis Gould
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director

January 14, 2003