Georgia
Ceramic coating is a different proposition from stain, which is what most Blue Ridge cabins are wearing. Rhino Shield goes on 10 to 12 mils thick at minimum, a build no coat of paint approaches, and it locks onto cedar, board and batten and log so the shell moves with the timber rather than splitting off it. That matters at 1,750 feet under heavy tree cover. Shaded north walls off Aska Road and the coves around Lake Blue Ridge hold moisture for days after rain, algae settle into the grain, and freeze-thaw from November into March opens joints, checks and nail holes. Stain redone every two or three years never gets ahead of that, and paint on the same walls is due again within three to five. One pass of ours does what eight to ten coats of paint cannot, and it is covered by a 25-year warranty that passes to the next owner, whether the house sits out toward Mineral Bluff, Morganton or Sugar Creek or right above the depot in town.