Inside Log Help for Those Into Log Buildings ® Since 1986
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Inside Log Help For Those Into Log Buildings ® Since 1986 Spring, 2020 Vol. 24, No. 1 Published by: Schroeder Log Home Supply, Inc. Art Director: Doug Todd 1101 SE 7th Ave. Without Colorfast™ With Colorfast™ Grand Rapids, MN 55744 Without Colorfast™ With Colorfast™ 1-800-359-6614 (218) 326-4434 Avoid ugly picture-frame effect like this with Colorfast™ prevents over-absorption and a Colorfast’s protection against yellowing. too-dark, paint-like look on textured wood. Avoid ugly picture-frame effect like this with Colorfast™ prevents over-absorption and a Color Is KingColorfast’s Everyone protection knows against that yellowing. color is king on top lookingtoo-dark, the paint-like same look year on textured after wood.year. Colorfast™ 1-800-755-3249 on Colorfast™a log home stain provides job, but pleasing you thethe king ideal canvasprovides for the a idealpicture-perfect canvas for stain application and (218) 326-2529 can be difficult! Wood porosity differences lead to leaves behind the strong foundation necessary for blotchy,(*ahem*Colorfast™ uneven Pinterest-perfect) results provides when staining. you UV the stain damage ideal job: canvaslong-lasting for acolor. picture-perfect It’s color confidence for your log causes• Keep (*ahem*the the wood color to the Pinterest-perfect) yellow color: Ligninyour (nature’sstain or wood interior cellstain job:• Easierhome. stain Color: application: Goes Gone on aremilky the days white. of back-breaking Dries clear. clear glue)coat. stabilizers That once-perfectprevent yellowing color and isdarkening lost. ofThat’s the back-brushing.Made in the Lightly USA brush. Do the Not stain Freezeover time. to get out WEBSITe wood itself overtime, which in turn prevent color shifts runs and evenly distribute the pigments. Bonus: more open in •the Keep stain the applied color overthe color: top. Light Lignin colors (nature’s stay woodlight and cell time• Easier on water-based stain application: products Gone means are the fewer days oflap back-breaking lines in why youglue) need stabilizers Sashco’s prevent Colorfast™. yellowing and It strengthensdarkening of the back-brushing. Lightly brush the stain over time to get out www.loghelp.com darker colors don’t shift too dark. windy and hot conditions. the glue woodthat itselfbinds overtime, the wood which incells turn together,prevent color called shifts Applicationruns and evenly Temp: distribute 40°-90°F. the pigments. Do Bonus: not moreapply open when • Reduces in the blotchiness:stain applied Afterover top.you prepLight acolors home, stay Colorfast™ light and • Greattime as on a water-based log keeper coat: products Prevents means mold fewer and lapyellowing lines in due lignin,fills preventing darkerpores for colors a smoother yellowingdon’t shift surface too of dark. andthe moreunderlying even stain torain UVwindy damage or and snow hot on conditions. new is imminentwood as it moves. from the mill to the job application. siteCoverage and throughout (sq. ft.construction. per gal.): Contains 150-300 both depending mildewcide on wood cells• Reduces to help blotchiness: you maintain After you aprep consistent a home, Colorfast™ color • Great as a log keeper coat: Prevents mold and yellowing due and algaecide to help preserve the wood until it’s time to stain. • fills pores for a smoother surface and more evenWall stain to UV damage on new wood as it moves from the mill to the job year after Prevents year. picture-frame Before staining, effect on Colorfast interior wood: evens out Or,wood did life porosity. (and weather) happen and you need to wait for a In This Edition: décorapplication. is now free to move from one wall to another. Cleanup:site and throughout construction. Contains both mildewcide wood porosity, creating a smoother surface for stain fewand weeks algaecide between Colorfast™ to help prep preserve and staining? becomes the wood No untilproblem.stickier it’s time as to stain.it dries! • Use• Preventsunder any picture-frame Sashco stain: effect Using on oil-based interior Transformation wood: Wall ColorFast application and preventing over-absorption and a • SealWhileOr, those did life still ends: (and wet, Whenweather) clean applied happen tools heavily and and onyou log equipmentneed ends, to waitprevents for with a Log &décor Timber? is now Water-based free to move Capture from® ,one Transfromation wall to another.® Siding over-penetrationfew weeks between of stain prep and and log staining? ends that No are problem. darker than the Pre-Stain Base Coat ® either mineral spirits or a citrus-based cleaner. If it too-darkand• Trim, Use color. underor Symphony After any Sashco staining,? No stain:problem. Usingthe lignin oil-based stabiliz Transformation- rest• Seal of the those logs. ends: When applied heavily on log ends, prevents Log & Timber? Water-based Capture®, Transfromation® Siding Tool Talk: ers prevent the wood underneath from getting hasover-penetration dried, mineral of stain andspirits log ends will that be are required. darker than the and Trim, or Symphony®? No problem. Froes sunburned, leaving the stain or clear coat applied Storage:rest of the logs. Store at room temperature. With Colorfast™, the lignin holds the cells Bare wood without Bare wood with together with no discoloration. Peavey Brand Froe Lignin 101 Colorfast™ Colorfast™ Lignin is nature’s glue With Colorfast™, the lignin holds the cells Bare wood without Bare wood with April Sales: together with no discoloration. that Ligninholds wood 101 cells Colorfast™ Colorfast™ LifeTime, NatureBlend together.Lignin Once is nature’s that glue glue Deck, WR-5, & is compromised,that holds wood both cells the colortogether. of the Once bare that glue is compromised, both X-100 Deck wood and the color of the color of the bare Sapstain Control anything put on top are wood and the color of compromised. Sashco’s Bee-Gone Insecticide anything put on top are Colorfast™ contains compromised. Sashco’s Up-close illustration of wood cells after Insect Shield Socks powerful stabilizers 9 months of UV exposure. Colorfast™ contains specifically formulated Up-close illustration of wood cells after powerful stabilizers 9 months of UV exposure. for lignin. It’s not another specifically formulated mediocre UV absorber. for lignin. It’s not another It prevents UV damage mediocre UV absorber. Wood exposed to UV rays fromIt starting prevents in UV the damage first place. It means you forWood 550 hours.exposed to UV rays from starting in the first *On exteriors, stain over Colorfast™ with a Sashco (and your homeowner Schroeder place. It means you stainfor for 550 best durability. hours. On interiors, cover Colorfast™ *On exteriors, stain over® Colorfast™ with a Sashco customer)(and your keep homeowner the color Without Colorfast™, lignin quickly with Sashco’s Symphony interior clear coat for easy Log Home Supply, Inc. cleaningstain for and best a durability. slight sheen. On interiors, cover Colorfast™ the color.customer) keep the color deteriorates and the wood cells fall apart, with Sashco’s Symphony® interior clear coat for easy Withoutturning Colorfast™,yellow, then ligningray. quickly Grand Rapids, MN the color. deteriorates and the wood cells fall apart, cleaning and a slight sheen. turning yellow, then gray. 800-767-5656 • sashco.com Follow sashcologhomes800-767-5656 on: • sashco.com Follow sashcologhomes on: Color Is King “I’ve literally had the wife break down in tears in front of me because the color didn’t match her Pinterest board pictures.” – A few ColorFastcontractors we’ve talked to ™ Tool talk: Froe Have you ever spent an extra, unplanned week on the job in order to deliver the right color? Have you ever blasted a home and had the Why useperfect-when-we-sampled-it Colorfast? dark brown go By Paul VanKeuren, almost black from over-absorption? Have you ever gone back to a home five years later and Customer Service Keeps thebeen color a little shockedthe color: by how the Lignin color has shifted over time? (wood cell glue) stabilizers prevent yel- Everybody knows what an Enter Sashco’s Colorfast™ pre-stain base coat lowing and darkening of the wood itself axe is. Many people know overtime, which in turn prevent color what an adze is. Who knows shifts in the stain applied over top. Light what a froe is? colors stay light and darker colors don’t shift too dark. A froe is an ‘L’ shaped tool for Reduces blotchiness: Fills pores for a smoother surface 800-767-5656and more •even sashco.com Follow sashcologhomes on: splitting wood precisely, and stain application. Great for blasted, rough-sawn, knotty pine, or milled logs. the process of splitting wood Prevents picture-frame effect on interior wood: Apply on bare wood this way is called riving. This on the interior of the home and under Sashco’s Symphony® interior tool is incredibly handy for Photos by John Schroeder clear coat to avoid yellowing around wall décor. splitting wood into kindling Froe and handmade cudgle. Use under any Sashco stain: Using oil-based Transformation Log & safely and quickly or even Timber? Water-based Capture®, Cascade®, or Symphony®? No problem. into boards. Boards and shakes created by riving are often stronger and more dimensionally stable than sawn boards. This is because Easier stain application: Greatly reduces the need to back- brush the almost all the wood fibers can run all the way from one end of the stain applied over top. board to the other. It also is less wasteful, meaning you can get more Great as a log keeper coat: Prevents mold and yellowing due to UV roof shakes out of a single cedar log. damage on new wood as it moves from the mill to the job site and throughout construction. Contains both mildewcide and algaecide to To use a froe on short help preserve the wood until it’s time to stain.