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Chinking recipes?

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Does anyone have any good recipes for chinking used in restoration of 100yr old log construction? Old material looks like some type of lime mixture with coarse aggregate. It is very white and somewhat crumbly. Not as hard as Type N White Masonry Cement.

Thanks!

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    Does anyone have any good recipes for chinking used in restoration of 100yr old log construction? Old material looks like some type of lime mixture with coarse aggregate. It is very white and somewhat crumbly. Not as hard as Type N White Masonry Cement.

    Thanks!

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