I have lost a few (7) trees over the past few years and saved some huge
log sections and trunk pieces from all the cutting down. A relative who
has since passed on without giving his business to anyone else, used to
refinish those sections into coffee tables or chairs and I was saving
them for him or anyone else who does it.

Does anyone know of any(reliable) person who does this professionally as a
business anymore? I also am concerned about the care and upkeep of the logs
until I get this done as some are splitting (I have them inside garage or
outdoors and either place seems to be no good for keeping them until this
process is done).. Should I put wood preservative on it? Or does that ruin the
process (it was a secret process he had) of refinishing those log sections
into tables that sold very well long ago.

Thanks for any help/advice!

Log Furniture wrote:
I have lost a few (7) trees over the past few years and saved some
huge
log sections and trunk pieces from all the cutting down. A relative
who
has since passed on without giving his business to anyone else, used
to refinish those sections into coffee tables or chairs and I was
saving
them for him or anyone else who does it.

Does anyone know of any(reliable) person who does this professionally
as a business anymore? I also am concerned about the care and upkeep
of the logs until I get this done as some are splitting (I have them
inside garage or outdoors and either place seems to be no good for
keeping them until this process is done).. Should I put wood
preservative on it? Or does that ruin the process (it was a secret
process he had) of refinishing those log sections into tables that
sold very well long ago.

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Well... since we can't tell where you are, we can't answer your question
about who may do this stuff. Have you checked the yellow pages, or done any
google searches? Always better than just posting to a newsgroup.

As for preserving the logs - coat the butt ends with any latex paint which
will minimize the checking. Note the word "minimize". Not foolproof, but
quite reliable. Otherwise - start tearing out the walls in your relative's
house to find his "secret process"...

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-Mike-