Comments on: Log Home Chinking: White Interior Chinking and Recipe

By: Ted Swinwood

Ted Swinwood — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:03 +0000

As a follow up to my earlier post on mixing paint with the concrete, it really made no difference in appearance, texture, or flexibility. Just makes for a very messy way of applying chinking.

By: Bearfort

Bearfort — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:03:59 +0000

I handle the chinking material by volume

By: Merrill

Merrill — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:42:13 +0000

is the chinking recipe by volume or by weight?

By: Josee McMorran

Josee McMorran — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:27:03 +0000

We just have bought a 1920 square hand cut cedar log home, the logs are between 8″ to 1 feet wide. There is no chinking since it was covered with plywood on the inside and cement with small pieces of glass and metal mesh on the outside. All of that had been removed and now we would love to chink the inside and outside. In between the logs they had put a kind of moss that is now really dry and very had to get to, unless we would use a knive or screwdriver. Before we chink, should we remove that moss, or should we leave it and chink on top of it??? Or would it be better to use a kind of sealer first and then chink??????What would you suggest???and can we use one of your recipe for chinking????We live on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and our winter is mild and very wet (rainforest), we rarely see snow. Thank you for your help.

By: mark derose

mark derose — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:54:34 +0000

On your lodge you said the the chinking was 100 years old. When you removed the old chinking I did not see any nails did they use nails 100 years ago or had they rusted away?