Exhibit 24
                                                                


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY


      Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Scott's Liquid Gold-Inc.
(the  "Company")  hereby authorizes Mark E. Goldstein, Carolyn J.  Anderson  and
Barry Shepard, and each of them, as their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents  (1) to sign in the name of each such person and file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on an appropriate form, and any
and  all  amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such  Registration
Statement, for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of
options and shares of the Common Stock of the Company granted or issuable  under
the  Company's  1998 Stock Option Plan and any other securities of  the  Company
which  the  Company's  Board of Directors authorizes  to  be  included  in  such
Registration  Statement;  and  (2) to take any  and  all  actions  necessary  or
required in connection with such Registration Statement and amendments to comply
with  the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations  of
the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Signature                         Title                                   Date


Jerome J. Goldstein       Director and Chairman of the Board    November 9, 1998

Mark E. Goldstein         Director, President and               November 9, 1998
                          Chief Executive Officer

Carolyn J. Anderson       Director, Executive Vice President    November 9, 1998
                          Chief Operating Officer and
                          Corporate Secretary

Barry Shepard             Director, Treasurer and Chief         November 9, 1998
                          Financial Officer

Dennis H. Field           Director                              November 9, 1998


James F. Keane            Director                              November 9, 1998


Michael J. Sheets         Director                              November 9, 1998