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If you possess a log home for years, it would not too bitter to say that log homes involve high cost of maintenance. If you are planning to buy a log house or if you already have a log house or cabin in your possession, it may be unexpected for you. You cannot deny the fact that maintenance is essential for all kind of property to keep it in its original state and log homes are not excluding from this general rule.

Restoration of log homes is comprised of cleaning, repairing, caulking and chinking of wood house. After a certain period of time, you will have to apply the new finish to remove the log home staining and brightening the polish of your log house. During the log repair work, stripping is the most expensive, hostile and laborious work. However, striping the most important step of log house restoration but often is neglected due to hectic procedure.

There are two methods of striping; chemical stripping and media blasting. Which method you should apply depends on condition of logs and existing layers of paint. Before going for stripping you have to inspect the condition of log carefully. If you find some oil based stains on logs that must have to be removed to restore the beauty of log house then media blasting is better to apply by using corn cob, glass or soda. But if you have to remove the saturated oil stains then chemical stripping is proffered to achieve good results.