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US 4,288,954 AGranted
Simulated log siding
OwnerRoyce L. O'Donnellinventor
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Abstract
Wire metal lath is shaped to the generally semicircular configuration associated with a length of log used in a log wall structure. Several layers of cement-plaster are applied to the metal lath to waterproof it, and to lend texture and color to it. The effect of the layered and colored cement-plaster is to render the appearance of an actual log with its bark in place. A simulated log wall siding is made up of multiple lengths of such cement-plaster coated, simulated logs.
Claims6
The method of simulating a log wall siding comprising the steps of:
- forming a skeletal structure to the general configuration associated with lengths of log used in a log wall structure;
- applying a first coating to said skeletal structure, said first coating having a light color serving to simulate caulking between logs;
- applying a second coating over said first coating, avoiding the region between logs which is normally caulked, said second coating having a dark color serving to simulate the shadowed interior of the bark interstices of a natural log;
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- applying a third but open-coat over said second coating said third coating having a color serving to simulate the bark of a natural log, said open-coat application serving to allow said second coating to show through such that said second and third coating combine to simulate the effect of bark and its dark interstices.
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