Chinking Details You Ought to Know

Chinking is popularly known as a sealant for houses that are made of logs. It is a synthetic water based sealant that has a mortar like texture, flexible and elastic. Its primary composition includes lime, clay and sand. And nowadays, it is combined with synthetic materials.

These sealants are solely made for the purpose of people with homes made up of logs in any form. Such homes have some known issues regarding gaps, cracks, moisture, not to mention some growing moss, water leak and some insect infestations. It solves those kinds of house problems. Not to mention helping in preserving your home and keeping it together in order to stand the test of time. It is a very good bargain. For people with such problems, you might need to invest than suffer the slow decay without it.

This material protects the gaps of your wood for it not to be infiltrated by moisture that would result to moss fill up. It seals the gap so that water and even insects will not go into your home through the gaps or cracks in your log home.

Chinking is used by applying a moderate amount of sealant into the wood surface. You can apply it thru a metal spatula or by using a grout bag. Now, if you’re having a hard time then you might want to consider hiring some professionals to help you to do it.


Chinking materials are of different assorted colors to choose from to better contrast the color of your log for it to look good and also to give you certain options to personalize the way you caulk your home with it. And it has two types, the homemade and the commercially prepared chinking.