restoring log home built in 1700’s. permachink is just too costly for this size home can you recommend a recipe for something or could i use joint compound.space between logs is about 3-5”. thanks
Daubing Mixes
parts (volume)material
MIX A
1/4cement
1lime
4sand
1/8dry color
hog bristles or excelsior
MIX B
6sand
4lime
1cement
MIX C
1portland cement
4-8lime
7-10sand
Mix A (Donald A. Hutsler, ”Log Cabin Restoration: Guidelines for the Historical Society,” American Association for State and Local History, Technical Leaflet No. 74, ”History News,” Vol. 29, No. 5 (May 1974.)
Mix B and C are reprinted from ”Log Structures: Preservation and Problem-Solving,” by Harrison Goodall and Renee Friedman, Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1980.
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Chinking:
By the shovel:
1 portland cement
3 strained sawdust
4 fibered plaster
2 masonry sand
2 masonry cement
mix dry add water