Stain samples

Jessica & I needed to figure out what stain to use to protect the logs. We ordered samples from 3 different companies (listed below).

Here's our logs (red pine), cleaned but no stain as a reference:


Heres the stain list that corresponds to the sample #'s on the logs:

1. Sikkens Natural Oak
2. Sikkens Natural
3. Sikkens Natural Light
4. Sikkens Butternut
5. Sikkens Cedar
6. Sikkens Teak
7. Woodguard Honey 2000 NF
8. Woodguard Honey Base NF
9. Woodguard Warm Pecan NF
10. Woodguard Tawny Cypress NF
11. Woodguard Dark Walnut NF
12. High Sierra Applewood
13. High Sierra Tan Pine
14. High Sierra Bronze Sycamore

We narrowed it down to 12 + 14, so we coated 1/2 a log in each of the remaining samples, and the applewood color (12) really looks to be the best for us.