I have an old log cabin in southern ohio. It was built in the mid to late 1800’s and added on to in the early 40’s. I am going to remove the 40’s section. This will expose the original cabin chinking and logs. I will need to rechink and seal one side. The other sides have been covered with ceader siding that is very weathered. What are my best options? Someone told me to seal the ceader siding with used motor oil. That would be less flamable than the dried out old ceader. I don’t really like
If you want color on it I would say remove old mortar chinking, sand it, then apply a good quality latex stain for log homes then chink with Permachink. If you do not want color and just want to let it gray, apply a glycol based borate and leave as is. Do not worry about the flammable part. I wouldn’t build a fire next to it. Just kidding!