Sanding / Insect Treatments
Sanding is a crucial step in our restoration process and it is what makes us stand out from the rest of our competition. Our crews hand sand your entire log home, after blasting or power washing, to remove any left-over product, reduce pitting and raised grain, and to give your logs a smooth finish like they just rolled off the mill. When a log home does not get the proper sanding, it will affect how the finish stain looks. Log Home Rescue is all about quality and getting your home, and our finished project, looking as good as new.
Some companies may tell you they will follow up with an Osborn brush before staining. However, there is a big difference between sanding and using an Osborn brush. Osborn brushes are more of a buffer or polisher for the logs, they can smooth out a log and remove some raised grain but they do half of the job a sander will do. Grinders are more aggressive tools than sanders or Osborn brushes, and they cannot fit into every log crevice. This is why Log Home Rescue will first need to blast or pressure wash your log home, and finish with a sander to achieve your best results.
If you own a log home, then you should know your enemies. Water, sunlight, and insects are the leading pests that can cause to your log home. Applying a borate treatment from the start on a new log home will help prevent wood decay and insect infestations. As important as these borates are, they are often skipped in the building process and the finishing of your log home. The best time to apply a borate preservative is when the logs are down to bare wood so the borate can soak and dry into the wood. After the blasting, stripping and sanding have been completed, Log Home Rescue will apply a borate to bare wood or add the preservative directly into the stain finish so that it is most affective.