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LastOutlaw
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2016 06:51pm
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My cabin was built differently than any other I have seen. The entire front room was built out of split cedar posts. First they framed it in split and full cedar posts then covered the framing with paneling and then a coating of tar paper. Then they covered the whole thing with vertical split cedar posts and then chinked with some type of cement like material. Some of this chinking is falling out and I would like to re-chink. Does anyone know what a good material to use that will last and adhere well for chinking between cedar logs?
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Smawgunner
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2016 08:37pm
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You can use the stuff if you're just patching but it's pretty darn expensive.
https://www.permachink.com
Or you could rip it all out staplegun some mesh in there and use mortar about a quarter or half inch at most. That's what we did to our cabin between the logs.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 22 Dec 2016 09:11pm - Edited by: Malamute
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Theres a mixture that's much tougher than plain mortar. Its what was considered "high tech" before the modern latex type chinking thats currently used came about. The mixture is 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts gypsum plaster, and 3 parts coarse sawdust, such as chain saw sawdust. Add water until its like medium thick oatmeal. Its far tougher to remove than plain mortar, and holds in the joint far better. It needs nails along the joints to hold it to the logs, but stays well. Removing plain mortar chinking is very easy, it crumbles and breaks up easily with a hammer and chisel. The mixture requires a LOT of work to get out in comparison.
If you try it, I strongly suggest not making very much at once. When it starts to set, there isn't any stopping it. Its also very difficult to remove from containers if it sets up. To start, Id use a small coffee can for the measure. When doing it and at speed and with 2 people working, Id only use 2 cans Portland, 4 cans gypsum plaster, 6 cans sawdust. Once its mixed, you DONT take a break or go eat lunch. Wetting it or covering it wont help. A mortar board helps, and use a margin trowel to push it into the joints.
I learned about it from a guy that saved historic old cabins. He had dozens of old cabins, some that were 30-40 some years since being chinked and were still fine. He poked strips of fiberglass insulation into the joint between the logs before chinking.
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LastOutlaw
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# Posted: 23 Dec 2016 10:28pm - Edited by: LastOutlaw
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Thank you both. Malamute that sounds like a good mixture to try and might work in my situation.
Smaw.. the permachink would be much easier but i doubt i can afford it. I may get a tube or two to try and see how much area it covers.
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Smawgunner
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# Posted: 25 Dec 2016 09:39pm - Edited by: Smawgunner
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Yeah, Permachink is over the top. Probably a good product but... here is a pick of mine,..just out of the bag mortar.
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LastOutlaw
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2016 04:48pm
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man that looks great but those are huge spaces to fill arent they?
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Smawgunner
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2016 07:07pm
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They ARE! My cabin was moved in 1903 and when the put it back together they shimmed every log raising the ceiling a foot or more. But with the wire mesh, the chink/mortar is 1/2 inch thick at most.
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LastOutlaw
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2016 04:31pm
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I was digging online and re-found this article on home made chinking. I forgot that I had found this a couple of years ago and bookmarked it. Maybe someone else would like to try this recipe... I'm going to for sure!
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/log-cabin-chinking-zmaz75ndzgoe?pageid=1#PageConte nt1
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