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Garden Sprayer for Staining a Log Home

Log Home Finishing BEFORE YOU START read this on cleaning your logs prior to any staining

Using a garden, hand pump like this to spray / apply stain on a log home is ridiculous.


A recent contractor recommended me to use a $30 hand pump/ garden sprayer for applying stain to a $600,000 log home. The owner of the home also thought this sounded like a great idea, and a great way for him to possibly save money if he did the staining himself. Logically, why pay a painter to stain the outside of his log home when he could use a simple local hardware hand pump to do the job.  Question: Garden sprayer ver professional HVLP, or fine finishing airless system.

Do the math... Garden Sprayer = 10 psi at the top range
AIRLESS sprayer with fine finishing tips = 2500 psi of pressure ( deep presure treatment), flood coated and hand brush out. I wonder if that garden sprayer could push the stain into the cracks of those expensive cedar logs?

Bottom Line:

For those who are in the planning or in the process of staining any log home... this is the most ridiculous method to stain any log home! Ironically... I use a gallon of stain just for 5 log ends each time I shoot them with stain, with my HVLP. Can you imagine hanging off a 24 ft high ladder, holding one of these jugs and "squirting away in the wind!!! ! I can't believe people building log homes and/or selling log home products recommend a garden pestiside pump to apply stain to a hand made log home! NO WONDER PEOPLE COMPLAIN about products that fail over and over.



IMHO...
If anyone tells you to use a garden hand pump to apply stain to a log home ( interior, exterior logs, spindles etc) Look at the rest of their work or definitely second guess anything they tell you from this point on! Send them here to read more on this topic.

Proper application of ANY log home staining product is dead critical. I believe most stains and urethane's out there work very well ( similar products, different lables). It is my professional opinion... If a finish fails its applicator error and incorrect weather conditions . Remember this before you start blaming products that fail. I believe its mostly due to one or more of these issues:

Poor weather during applying stain, poor methods of application of stain, and definitely...  poor cleaning of the logs before any staining begins.  NOTE: If you don't remove the loose saw dust ( which is all over every log), it will flack off and expose untreated logs to weather.  Once the moisture gets in, the stain starts failing.

It takes time and hard work to clean all the roughness, loose dust etc off a log home before you stain it. Most people have no idea how to finish a log home  (INCLUDING THE LOG HOME BUILDER). If you don't prep the logs well, and DEFINITELY AIR BLAST saw dust out of all the logs ( Top To Bottom)... expect the finish of the log home to fail, prematurely. Expect mold, expect graying and dull looking logs. Expect a second rate finish that looks thirsty a few years down the road.

AND MOST OF ALL... If you use a hand pump garden sprayer like the kind above to apply the finish, expect a VERY WEAK PROTECTION of the logs.


Posted by: chris on Wednesday, September 10 @ 22:59:43 PDT
 
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Dear Chris:

We just want to thank you so much for your superb paint job that you completed in the interior of our home. We have had various painters over the years do work for us, and no one has even come close to the professional work that you demonstrated. Your ceiling/wall interface is flawless; the walls are smooth due to your meticulous preparation work;
there was no paint splashed on cupboards or floors; the various colours and designs requested by our daughters for their rooms were brushed and rolled like an artist. You offered wondeful painting/colour/paint brand suggestions, without being too pushy. You were consistently punctual and delivered what you promised! What more can we say - You are a real pro with a pleasant personality and an accomodating smile! We will be calling you again and will highly recommend you to others! Already people have asked us, "Who did your excellent paint job?"

Gratefully yours,
Dr. Dale Best
North Vancouver


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