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log home chinking

It’s important to choose the right chinking for the job. A preferred favorite of contractors as performance is excellent, but it is very easy to work with and doesn’t set up too quickly. Choose carefully as you do not want to be doing this over again in a couple of years because you cheaped out on a high quality log caulking?!

Caulking designed for wood is not made for logs… we can’t stress this enough….silicone or similar will fail! 

We have 6 different log chinking and log caulking all designed for logs and timbers and for various different applications. Our specialists are happy to help you choose the best one.

How do I choose? What is the difference?

How do I choose? What is the difference?

Sashco Log Jam Chinking–  Designed to stretch multiple times the original joint size without tearing. Mortar-like finish 8 Colors available and samples

Perma-Chink Chinking– Designed to stretch multiple times the original joint size without tearing. Mortar-like finish. 8 Colors available and samples

Sashco Conceal Textured Log CaulkingSimilar formula to chinking, but with less aggregate in it giving it a wood-like finish. Can also be used to chink if joints are less than 2″

Perma-Chink Energy Seal Textured Log Caulking– Similar formula to chinking, but with less aggregate in it giving it a wood-like finish Can also be used to chink if joints are less than 2″

Sashco Log Builder Caulking– Similar formula to chinking/caulking, but with NO aggregate in it giving it a smooth finish. Doesn’t take stain as well as the textured caulking or chinking. 

Perma-Chink Check Mate 2– Similar formula to chinking/caulking, but with NO aggregate in it giving it a smooth finish.  Doesn’t take stain as well as the textured caulking or chinking. 

Chinking and Sealants

Log Jam Chinking Canada

Log Jam Chinking Canada- The chink that holds tough year after year even in our Canadian winters. Its superior elasticity means that it moves with your logs without cracking. Log Jam chink seals your log cabin from vermin, pollen, dust, rain, and wind alike. Explore the chinking calculator below to determine the quantities required.

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Sashco Conceal Caulking

Conceal’s 7 colors blend in with the most popular stains used on log and wood homes, and its light texture simulates the natural roughness of wood.

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Sashco Log Builder Caulking

Log Builder sealant is specifically formulated to absorb most log movement.

In the 1970s, log home owners everywhere were discovering that logs are in constant dynamic motion. They came to Sashco for help, and a few years later, Log Builder® sealant was born. It’s the sealant specifically formulated to absorb most log movement. For over 20 years, Log Builder® has been the trusted sealant included in many manufacturer’s log home kits and packages. Its superior elasticity creates a tight seal that keeps out water, dust, bugs, and wind. **5 gallon pails are a special order

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Perma-Chink Chinking

Since 1981, Perma-Chink Log Home Sealant has proven itself on thousands of chinked and chinkless style homes to become the most widely applied chinking in the world. It's simply the best log home chinking by every measure: longevity, appearance, performance and ease of application. Revolutionizing the log home industry from inception, we have improved Perma-Chink throughout the decades to offer a log home sealant with unparalled adhesion, elasticity, easy tooling, and is blister-proof and slump-free. Our improvement efforts is why Perma-Chink is the leading choice of log homeowners who want to seal and protect their investments for generations.

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Energy Seal Textured Log Caulking

Energy Seal is one of the most popular members of our sealant family, and is sometimes referred to as a textured log caulk. Our sealants are specifically designed for use on log and timber homes, where most caulking is multi-purpose and ill-suited for the harsh enviroment of exterior use. Energy Seal was created to seal milled or scribed log homes, log siding homes and around joinery such as butt-joints, window trim, door trim and corners. One application makes any log wall completely weather-tight, which increases energy efficiency of your home.

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Chink Paint

$139.99$629.99
Textured Latex Paint for Perma-Chink Log Chinking
Chink-Paint is an elastomeric, textured coating for renewing or changing the color of chinking. This makes it ideal for giving a facelift to your home by brightening the appearance of old, dirty chinking or altering the color of existing chinking. Chink-Paint’s elasticity enables it to expand and contract with Perma-Chink or Energy Seal without cracking or peeling. Chink Paint can't freeze. Please contact us directly to figure out winter shipping 

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Check Mate 2

Log Check Sealant
Check Mate 2 is an outstanding water resistant sealant that prevents water and air infiltration through pronounced cracks (called checks) in logs, timbers and wood siding. Caulking is an obvious solution to this problem, but caulking does not work because of limits in adhesion and weatherability.

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Bulk Loading Guns

$119.99$167.99
Bulk loading guns are great for applying caulking or chinking from a 5-gal. pail. These guns slide directly onto the Albion Follow Plates or can be screwed on to the older style follow plates. Quality construction means smooth, consistent beads each time and no plunger blow-out. Teflon®-coated (option) for easier cleaning and long-term storage. Available in traditional manual drive and Milwaukee's cordless electric M18 with Albion conversion kit. View More Info
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Bulk Loading Gun Follow Plate

Original price was: $109.99.Current price is: $89.99.

Albion® slip-on follow plate makes loading the bulk loading guns easier. No threading makes for easy on and off Threaded rod makes removing the follow plate easy. Rubber gasket at outside rim works with both straight-sided and tapered pails.

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Bulk Loading Gun Conversion Kit for M18 Cordless

$289.99
Converts any Albion or Milwaukee 18V cordless gun to a DL-59-T13E 30oz cordless bulk gun.

Milwaukee M18 Quart (30oz) Carriage Conversion Kit

$69.99
Milwaukee 48-08-1095 Quart Carriage Conversion Kit is used with M18 Cordless Caulk and Adhesive Guns. For larger jobs, the Quart Carriage Conversion Kit accepts all standard Quart caulking tubes and cartridges. This kit includes all the necessary components to convert material types from the 2641-21CT, 2642-21CT, and 2643-21CT Cordless Caulk and Adhesive Guns to be able to dispense Quart-sized tubes.

Backer Rod

$6.99$299.99
Backer Rod is a bond breaker used to make sure that your caulking makes a 2 point connection (to the top and bottom of the check). This is very important to allow the caulking to stretch. If you don't use Backer Rod, it makes a 3 point connection and creates an anchor point where the caulking will tear when the logs move. It also prevents you from using too much caulking or chink and keeps your costs way down View More Info
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Grip Strip

$399.99$489.99

Grip Strip is a bond breaker used to make sure that your caulking makes a 2 point connection (to the top and bottom of the check). This is very important to allow the caulking to stretch. If you don't use Grip Strip, it makes a 3 point connection and creates an anchor point where the caulking will tear when the logs move. It also prevents you from using too much caulking or chink and keeps your costs way down.

**Grip Strip is a special order and may have a short lead time** Want less than a case? Call (855) 915-4405
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Log Gap Cap

$16.99$17.99
Cut from 3/4" closed cell flexible foam, Log Gap Caps are unique backer pieces designed to reduce air infiltration where round logs meet window and door trim.
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Bulk Loading Gun Loader

$1,389.99
Doing lots of chinking or caulking? Tired of fighting to get it in the bulk loading gun?  Introducing your best friend. This bulk loading gun loader takes the work out of getting the chinking or caulking out of the pail and into the gun. Simply turn the crank on top and watch as 5000lbs of force pushes down to fill your gun with ease.

Chink Pump Machine

$7,549.99
Professional Chink Machine Used by commercial applicators, chink pumps are easily wheeled around the perimeter of a home. The 25-foot applicator reinforced hose makes the chinking process quicker and easier around gable ends, intricate corners and covered entrance ways.

Spatulas

Original price was: $89.99.Current price is: $79.99.
  • Comfortable curved handles
  • Use to create proper concave joint profile & ensure good adhesion to substrates
  • Precision ground for optimum flexibility for perfectly finished joints
  • No plastic components for easy solvent clean-up
  • Premium grade stainless steel, ground and tapered for optimum flex
  • Rounded tips for standard applications, yet easy to modify for unique applications
  • Spatula tip widths from 3/8” to 1-1/2”
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Bulk Loading Gun Nozzles

$2.99$37.99
Now that you have a bulk loading gun you will want to put it to the best use. Interchangeable nozzles allow you to lay down a much more precise caulking or chink joint. View More Info
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Bulk Loading Gun Ring Cap

$13.99
On the older TL-59-13 bulk loading guns they came with a fixed 1/2" round metal nozzle. These ring caps allow you to also use the plastic nozzles with that gun. View More Info

Bulk Loading Gun Pull Hook

$24.99
This little hook makes it so you can hang your gun and also makes it easier to load product into the gun. Replaces your standard T-pull. Works on our Consumer, Professional or Electric guns. View More Info

Caulking Guns

$18.99$44.99
Albion makes some of the finest caulking guns, accessories and tools on the planet. From a great Homeowner caulking gun to a daily use Professional gun for the contractors, these tools will exceed expectations.
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Albion Bulk Gun Loading Cleaning Brush

$39.99
Albion's bulk loading gun cleaning brush makes quick work of clean up after the job is done. Save time, improve productivity with this cleaning brush. View More Info

Albion Bulk Loading Gun Repair Kit-Leather

$19.99
This leather repair bulk loading gun replacement kit is the parts that wear out on a bulk loading chinking gun. Make your old gun new again! View More Info

Bulk Loading Gun Sleeve

$24.99
Albion's loading sleeve makes transferring chinking or caulking from your 5 gallon pail into the gun a much simpler and cleaner job. View More Info

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