Log Cabin Chinking

Do your own log cabin chinking - Joe shows you the tricks for how to chink a cabin.

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• log
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• chink
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[dirtTdude]

thank you for sharing, how did they chink 17th century pioneer period log cabins?

[logcabinadventures]

They used mud,clay,bricks,newspaper or whatever else could be stuffed into the gaps. Some areas used Oakum(moss). I have concluded that there was not an across the board standard technique. Each region had different applications which were further determined with the builders income level.

[MorganJServices]

I am so glad to finally see how this type of chinking is done! Thank you! You are using a wire mesh under the chinking?

[logcabinadventures]

Yes I am using what is called Lathe. It can be found easily.

[facetoface5]

This is the best log chinking technique

[mreastky]

My great grand mother told me they used flour and wet paper to seal the cabins when she was a young girl.

[artistkeith3]

I used PermaChink on mine... sort of expensive IMO, but never needs replacing, never cracks, a rubberized sand mixture (in many colors) that will flex with any expansion/contraction that happens. Especially useful for new kit logs that will shrink and even more with logs that are cut and used fast without kiln drying. The technique you show is great if you have nice flat, hewn logs. Round, uneven ones are quite a bit harder to deal with!

[EncoreViews]

@DieselTruckin It's a simple way of saying ratios.

For instance: a 1 gallon bucket filled with water mixed into 2 bucket fulls of sand would be a "1 part water to 2 parts sand" ratio. The 1 gallon bucket in this example is just used for this for instance.

It could be 30 lbs. of sand mixed into 90 lbs. of clay. That would be a 1 part sand to 3 parts clay ratio.

1/3 the "1" being 30 lbs. of sand and the "3" being 90 lbs. of clay.

So you would have 120lbs. total of that mix.

[DieselTruckin]

What exactly is a part, I've always heard x parts of this, and y parts of that, but what constitutes a part?

[monkeylovedump]

I'm sorry, I thought there would be some Chinese here.....I'm going to go now.....

[Dojocho]

Great thanks!

[lightemup24]

thanx for the video very helpful and easy to understand I hope you post a video about v-nothches

[tscotty32]

my chinking on my log cabin is very brittle. it breaks or cracks often... is this normal?

I am new to this whole maintanance thing for a log cabin and just used brick morter to repair damages. Is this good? Exactly what do I use and where can i buy it?

[tapoutish]

hey thanks for the vid,very helpful =)