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This video features a discussion about a product called "Colorfast pre-stain base coat." The presenter, Jim, explains how this product addresses the common issue of log home interiors aging to a dark orange color over time, which can lead to unsightly "picture framing" effects where items are removed from walls. The Colorfast pre-stain base coat is designed to prevent wood from yellowing, maintaining a lighter, more consistent appearance for interior wood surfaces.

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Jim, why don't you talk a little bit about your color fast, pre-stain, base coat, because I think this is actually really cool, and this is something you actually came up with, so what is it all about? Yep. Well, one of the problems with log homes, if you look at the interiors, is that over time, they all age out to be this dark orange color, right? Yeah. Everybody's just kind of used to it. And so, even when you put a clear coat on it, right, it still might protect it a little bit, but it pretty much ages out to be a darker color. Which really becomes a problem, if somebody has pictures on their wall, and they move the pictures, the initials, the picture framing, and of course, they may not like the look of the dark orange wood, so what we did is we came up with a system where we can put this color fast onto the wood first, and it keeps it from yellowing. And that's actually worked out really, really well for a lot of customers, for the interiors, they like a nice light look, they don't want that picture framing, and we've solved all kinds of problems for them. The picture framing is kind of important.

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