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Now that the weather has warmed up work has resumed on the remodeling of the small bath and shower installation. Previously we had demolished the old bathroom.

Cleaning Logs:BeforeThe two stick frame walls have been insulated and covered in a plastic vapor barrier. The log wall shown here in the first photo has not seen the light of day for probably 50 years or more and needed a serious cleaning. The tops of the logs were covered with a thick black soot from years of coal and wood burning heat.

Using my home recipe for cleaning logs I have gently washed down the logs with a soft bristle brush. This process will brighten the wood slightly. However once clean I will re-stain and seal the logs at a later stage of the construction.

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Cleaning Logs:BeforeCleaning old wood can be tricky. I have found that many commercial wood cleaners can be much too harsh. I don’t want to raise the grain and end up with a fuzzy surface nor do I want to damage the underlying finish if there is one.

Pressure washing on a log home is out of the question.

The task at hand here is to clean the old logs on the veranda. They have probably never been cleaned and are mostly black from years of soot and general grime from when this place was a tavern and relied on coal and wood to heat.

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Log Home Repair & Restoration: Replacing Chinking and Fixing Logs Part II

Taking advantage of the dry weather, I return to tackle repairing a span of logs that are in great need of attention.
On the earlier post I displayed some photos of the log situation. There are rotten logs, excessive moisture, and rotted chinking that have all taken their toll on the section in question.

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