Chinking is not enough to renew your log cabin homes. One process that will aid you in protecting them is through staining. It will provide a protection for the wood to resist possible damages caused by too much exposure to sunlight and other extreme weather situations like heavy rain and strong wind.
Process of Staining before Log Chinking
• First, clean the wood to take away all kinds of dirt, cobwebs, and mildew. If you want to use a pressurized washer in cleaning, make sure to use a correct setting as not to damage the logs. Let them dry for a few days before you do the stain.
• Next, you can choose the stain to use. Select from semi-transparent to high quality stain and wood finish. You can also select from various colors like oak, walnut, mahogany or white pine.
• Now, you can spray the stain on the log, distributing it evenly; spraying is the most effective way to do staining by the way. After the first coating, you just need to do a follow up; either by back-brushing or smoothing it with your hand. Do prepare a lot of stain mixtures so the logs will not starve for protection.
• It’s better if you’ll stain in the morning so when the sun heats up, you’re already done.
• You can let it dry for a couple of days before applying a second coating. You can do as many coatings as you want; as long as each coating has dried up before doing the next.
Your log homes or log cabins truly provide a one of a kind place to be called as a home. You can create small log cabins to start with and later have full log houses with various designs and building plans. Though, they’re not just considered as ordinary homes; it’s because you need a careful maintenance technique to be able to preserve the beauty of your log homes. This is only done with the process of chinking.
Process of Staining before Log Chinking
• First, clean the wood to take away all kinds of dirt, cobwebs, and mildew. If you want to use a pressurized washer in cleaning, make sure to use a correct setting as not to damage the logs. Let them dry for a few days before you do the stain.
• Next, you can choose the stain to use. Select from semi-transparent to high quality stain and wood finish. You can also select from various colors like oak, walnut, mahogany or white pine.
• Now, you can spray the stain on the log, distributing it evenly; spraying is the most effective way to do staining by the way. After the first coating, you just need to do a follow up; either by back-brushing or smoothing it with your hand. Do prepare a lot of stain mixtures so the logs will not starve for protection.
• It’s better if you’ll stain in the morning so when the sun heats up, you’re already done.
• You can let it dry for a couple of days before applying a second coating. You can do as many coatings as you want; as long as each coating has dried up before doing the next.
Your log homes or log cabins truly provide a one of a kind place to be called as a home. You can create small log cabins to start with and later have full log houses with various designs and building plans. Though, they’re not just considered as ordinary homes; it’s because you need a careful maintenance technique to be able to preserve the beauty of your log homes. This is only done with the process of chinking.
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