Tyler Cabin Adventure VI

Alas, even larch logs need some sort of protective coating to fend off the elements, especially after thirty-two years of exposure. So we bought ten gallons of the cheapest stain we could get--now wait, that makes us sound cheap. Let me clarify.
From the specialty log home store we bought the cheapest stuff they carry for a one-application stain. Ten gallons came to over three hundred dollars. Not cheap. But the cheapest possible. In this realm we trusted the log home professionals when they told us that the stuff designed for log homes would work better than a generic all-purpose stain you get at Lowe's or Home Despot. Naive? Maybe. We'll find out in a couple of years.
Here's two of the sibs applying the stain by brush:

The difference in colour is quite striking. And of course, when it's still wet it looks sexy and shiny and snazzy compared to the faded old logs:
The coated facade of the cabin now has a respectfully elegant air instead of a decrepit condemnable air. It's an Oxford cabin instead of a backwoods Alabama cabin--all right, that's a bit of a stretch, but you know what I'm getting at.We're hoping that keeps the logs sealed up for a couple of years. Time will tell, of course . . .

~emrys