Potency Tips

If you are in the process of building a log cabin, chinking is a term you will need to understand a bit about. If you have in no way heard of chinking before, it is the mortar like material that fills the space between the logs in your log cabin that help keep the warm air in and the rain and cold out. In the past, most all log cabins required chinking to help control temperature and keep things dry, but with today’s different styles of log cabin homes, chinking can simply be for beautification, both outside and on the inside of your home. No matter which style of log cabin home you end up building, chinking can be a attractive and functional part of your new home. Here are a few universal chinking tips to help educate you on this vital part of log home building and protection.

There are a half dozen easy ways to administer chinking to your home, from a simple container and metal spatula to a large chinking pump that can apply lots of chinking over a large area quickly, but either way, you will likely have to repeat your chinking a second time with a smaller, hand held spatula to make sure to fill all the cracks and crevices are filled and that your home is suitably taken care of. You will need to make sure that the chinking is attached to the logs properly and also make sure that there are no gaps or air pockets that could let your warm, heated air escape and the cold, outside air in.

Now days, most chinking is water based. Which means that when you are giving your home a final inspection, cleaning up extra of chinking that have dripped on your logs is quite easy. Using a firm bristle brush and soapy, lukewarm water, you can easily scrub away any chinking that is stuck anywhere you don’t want it. Do not let the chinking sit and harden too long, though, the older the chinking is, the difficult it will be to remove.

At last, one of the newest trends in the world of chinking is colored chinking. Many people choose colored chinking to match their stain, but make sure to be confident that you are making the right choice since going back and replacing the chinking once you are finished applying it can be costly and time consuming.