Prior to repairing, preserving, maintaining or protecting, it's always best to take some time walking around the house twice per year, looking for areas that need attention. Drawing a simple diagram of your house and marking areas of concern is also a good idea; this way you won't miss any of the areas when it comes time to fix them. Just as you wouldn't wax your car prior to waxing it, you shouldn't stain your log home prior to removing all mildew, dirt, dust, pollens and other contaminants. It's not that unusual to spend as much time (or more) prepping your logs to be stained as on the staining itself.
I have been intricately involved in the log home restoration business since 1996 and created Northwest Log Home Care after recognizing a market need for a high quality restoration, chinking and staining organization while maintaining a focus on the unique needs of today's log homes as well as those built in the 1800's. As a result of years of experience, recognition, testimonials, conducting over 100 log home restoration seminars, referrals and log home show participation, we have quickly become one of the largest log home restoration and chinking organizations in the United States.
For those log home owners who have been following me, my website was just updated with hundreds of new picture of projects as well as several videos so you can see the work being done. The chinking pictures have not been loaded yet but will be soon.....Cheers , Jeff Kyger / Northwest Log Home Care. northwestloghom ecare.com
Thank you to all my followers who have shown an interest in my services. Over the next few weeks I'll be scheduling projects for the first half of 2017. Whether you're in the need for a full restoration project or a day or 2 of touch-up protection, feel free to drop me a line. I specialize in chinking, chemical stripping, dry media blasting, mold/ mildew removal, rot repair, staining and other forms of log home protection and beautification. I can always be reached at 425-891-6665 or drop me an.