im hoping to restore the logs on my 1883 log home.originally i was going to corn blast the logs but the rental companies no longer rents the equiptment,so i am thinking of purchasing the makita wheel brush sander.the house is at 10500 ft.and the front of the house gets a good amount of sun and the logs look like they are slightly bleached and the logs on the sides get very little sun and are almost black.does anyone that has any experience with the wheel brush sander think it would work to restore the logs?thanks for any feedback,frank

I had the same dilemma a few years ago when I restored my own 100 year old hewn dovetail building. I ended up pressure washing the exterior and interior. This left me with a uniform color but somewhat fuzzy logs. I did nothing more on the exterior before applying an oil finish. On the interior where I didn't want the fuzz, I used a variable speed grinder with a grit impregnated nylon brush to remove the fuzz(made by Pferd or Osborne, available from Schroeder Log Home Supply - loghelp.com. I have only used the brush sander on milled timbers. I doubt it would work too well for you on aged logs.
Good luck.