A trick of pro designers is to whitewash the walls in order to brighten the room and make the style feel more contemporary.
Painted log siding.
Painted cedar log siding if you plan to paint your cedar log siding to be safe the log should be kiln dried which adds a cost to the wood.
Actually using log siding on your log home walls for color is a good way to go.
To intensify a color add more of the base color.
Painting vinyl siding in ideal conditions means waiting for mild temperatures low relative humidity and an overcast sky.
There are many advantages in using rhino shield s permanent paint coating on your log cabin home.
When its time for top paint coat the machine s bottom jets are turned down to make sure the top coat is even thickness with no splash back.
The primer coat will be evenly applied on all 4 sides.
Log cabin homes and buildings can be tricky to seal and paint.
The weather can make your log cabin home or building look old faded gray and sometimes warp.
Plus vinyl log siding can look like any type of grain it can be easily painted and since it s so durable it can even be power washed occasionally.
In fact it will cause your logs to rot.
Why can t you paint a log cabin.
To lighten a paint color add white paint as needed until the desired color is reached.
And if you hate it it is easier to replace the log siding wall versus covering a full log wall.
Worst case scenario if you hate it you can always cover it with log siding.
To darken a paint color add black paint to darker colors and gray paint to lighter colors.
However as with any modern innovation that intends to make life more convenient vinyl log siding can also look a bit artificial as well especially up close.
If you re dead set on painting your log cabin then do it.
Whitewashing is preferred over simple white paint as little is needed to allow the grain of the log or wood to still come through.
So don t do it.
In reality you can.
There s nothing stopping you.
For smooth surfaced western red cedar a two coat paint system is recommended.
Rhino shield will coat the surface and seal cracks in the wood logs which resists moisture from penetrating into the wood.
As a rule textured surfaces provide the best mechanical adhesion of the finish to the wood.
Typically log homes have interior framed walls that can be covered with matching log siding so you may want to paint the log siding walls only.
Spruce log cabin siding features kiln dried spruce and a ready to paint surface to provide accommodating wood siding.
Examples of painted log walls.
Log cabin siding allows you to integrate the rustic charm of a log home with conventional frame construction.
The end result is beautifully distressed walls.
Paint doesn t protect logs like it does other things.
A general rule of thumb is to stay within 2 shades of the original color.
If the weather s too hot too sunny or even too windy the paint may.
Factory primed and painted white on white home in ohio customer used bevel and dutch lap cedar siding patterns.
