Our Log Home-SuP-Exterior Staining & Chinking 7-24-10

Keith and Jeff brought some lath sheets into the basement where Keith began cutting them into narrow strips.

He cut 3" and 4" wide strips, which we figured would be perfect for most of the gaps between our logs. We later adjusted that down to about 2-1/2" strips.

Just like the base coat stain, this top coat stain gets sprayed on, then backbrushed into the logs.

Reaching out to brush the overdangles.

As soon as the stain was dry enough, we started at the very top joint and stuffed pieces of blue board insulation into the gap, then stapled a narrow lath strip in front.

Many of the insulation pieces were custom cut with a wedge shape so they would fit much tighter.