Log Home Restoration: Quick Tip

During the log home restoration process if you go through the trouble of stripping your log home to bare wood, it is a good idea to apply a borate treatment to all the woodwork. Borate will help ward off and kill  most insects. It also helps preserve the wood making it less likely to rot. Two coats are generally applied using a sprayer. It can be brushed but, spraying is much faster and easier. The wood must be clean and bare so any finish left on the logs will prohibit penetration. Be sure the logs are stripped properly.

Also, a proper solution mixture is important. Too strong and there will be sodium crystals visible on the wood and can react to the new finish. Too weak and it will not do what it was ment to.  Hiring a professional will be money well spent. Lets do it right if we are going through all the trouble of stripping and applying a new finish.