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NO! Use Energy Seal caulk.

Call Ryan at 877-788-5647 for help.

Hire a professional. It takes a lot of practice to do the corners properly.

You will have to inspect them 2-3 times per year for failure and repair. It only takes a little hairline seperation to cause trouble.

What’s your time worth?

Are you sure it is a humidifier? I could see a DE-humidifier doing this since it takes the moisture outof the air. If it truly is a humidifier, I cannot explain.

You should contact the manufacturer of your log home on how tight. If there are that many gaps you may want to consider having the exterior completely caulked or chinked.

Small trowel and a spray bottle of water.

It sounds like you need to do a complete make over of the finish and chinking. If it truly does have paint you need to get it removed by corn cob blasting. I would recommend a borate treatment be applied and then stain with a good quality latex stain made… Read More »Archive-1552

Mortar will not seal the logs properly and will cause rot over time. The latex chinking will never get hard like mortar and stretch with the movement of the logs.