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 Imperial
              Industries, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the three and
              six month periods ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities
              and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
              Howard L. Ehler, Jr. Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
              Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
              1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
              of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

               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 results
                    of operations of the Company as of and for the period
                    covered by the Report.


                                               By: /S/  Howard L. Ehler, Jr.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Howard L. Ehler, Jr.
                                                   Chief Executive Officer/
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

      August 14, 2002