Log Home Restoration: The Importance of Neutralizing
Before and After Neutralizing
Stripping removes failing sealer or grayed out wood but, it also raises the ph level and darkens the wood as well as leaves residue that will not rinse out. If the wood is not neutralized the darkened wood will make a semi-transparent stain several shades darker. Moreover, stripper residue WILL interact with the new sealer causing premature failure. It is one extra step but, if ignored big problems will arise!
In this log home restoration, the left door has had nothing done to it yet, The right side was stripped and still wet from the neutralizer. When it dries, it is properly prepared and ready for sealing.
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Pictures and details are posted in November 8th archives. I don’t do commercial work anymore and this unit can make the right contractor’s job much eaiser.
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Log Home Restoration: Short Photo Show
This Photo Show of our latest log home restoration show a few before and after pictures of a cabin in Boone, NC. that we did as typical “strip & seal. Heading to Fredericksburg, VA. to a 4200 sf. home to be cob blasted.
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Log Home Restoration: New Videos
Be sure to check out our YouTube Channel videos!
We will be adding new video on a regular basis so check back often.
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Log Home Restoration
This log home restoration required stripping this pine dove tail log and pressure treated deck.
There was no finish on the logs or deck but we stripped using a mild stripping solution as if there were a f
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Log Home Restoration: Interior Repair
Although log home restoration is our specialty, we do conventional interior repairs from time to time.
This bathroom was located in an indoor swimming pool. The problem was the water lines were installed over head in the ceiling and they froze and busted because of no insulation on the pipes. The water was concentrated mainly in the bathroom area. The log home was not affected.
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500 gal. water tank………..2, 15 gal. chemical tanks.
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Log Home Restoration: Cedar Garage Doors
Cedar Garage Door Before Stripping
Cedar Garage Door Refinished
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Log Home Restoration: Bleaching Logs
During this log home restoration, We bleached the logs to remove sap staining, mildew, mold and degraded wood. As you can tell, the logs are left looking really “washed out.” The bright clean logs (left) were defelted and neturalized using a very mild solution. It also was rinsed very well. It is imperative to remove all chemical solutions from the wood before sealing.
Also, it is best to do it all (cleaning, stripping, neutralizing) at one time while the logs are still wet. Once the logs have dried, it is much harder to activate whatever chemical solution was used and then rinse it completly out.
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