Post #105988 by Aaron's Akua on Tue, Aug 3, 2004 1:42 PM

Great advice, Cheeky. I don't know about using this on Palm - maybe I'll ask Benzart, he should know...

Hey, Benzart - If you see this post, have you ever used wax on palm wood? How'd it work?

Anyway, Cheeky - I am a little concerned about the stain running. I think tikis look best when you get nice clean cut lines and clear definition between the different parts. From the photos it does'nt look like you had any problem with this - they look great.

I like your idea of leaving some parts natural and staining others.

Another idea that occurred to me is to stain my tiki dark brown, then inlay come white shell material in the eyes and in the ears (my current work has some Moai type eras worked in). I'm also thinking of giving him a bone nose piercing, but haven't quite worked through how I'm going to do it.

Thanks for letting me bounce my ideas off of you.

It takes some inner tiki to get the Aloha spirit in London. Please keep sending pics to TC - These are really some of the best I've seen. Kudos to you!

(Love that Martini Tiki)