Log home refinishing is part of the routine maintenance necessary to keep your home’s logs in good condition. It’s the number-one line of defense for logs against rot. A good finish provides UV protection for the logs and helps the logs shed water. When the stain starts to fail, the logs are vulnerable to problems with rot.
If you are a “Do It Yourselfer,” here is an important tip: if you are going to use a sprayer to apply stain to your log home or cabin, back-brush the stain as you apply it to help push it into the logs evenly. It creates a consistent color.
The photo above is a good example of what NOT to do. This homeowner did not use back-brush stain. You can see that it looks patchy. The only way to resolve this is to remove the stain and start over.
At Edmunds & Company, our procedure for applying stain to log homes is to use an airless sprayer and back brush as we go along.
When using a semi-transparent stain, we allow some color variation because that is the nature of staining wood. Different areas of the logs accept stain differently, but not to the degree in the photo above.
Here is an example of a home we stained after blasting off the old stain and treating the logs with a borate preservative before applying the stain.
If you would like Edmunds & Company to restore the beauty of your log home, contact us soon to get on this year’s schedule. Call 715-373-5744 today!
