Help! Should I use acrylic sealant on matting in my tiki bar? - Tiki Carving

H Hamfoot_Larry Member Los Angeles Joined: Sep 12, 2004 Posts: 7	H Hamfoot_Larry Posted posted on Sun, Sep 12, 2004 1:33 AM Okay, I've spent the last month and a half painstakingly building a tiki bar in my roommate's garage. This thing is beautiful--tapa, abaca cloth, and bamboo on the ceiling... on the walls, bac-bac and lahala... My roommate and his girlfriend seem to believe that the room needs some type of acrylic sealant. Apparently, it would preserve the matting, stave off insects and make cleaning easier. They bought for cans of the stuff and want to acrylic the room tomorrow (Sunday) morning. They even want to put acrylic over the beautiful tapa hanging on the ceiling. Someone, please, help me! Are they going to destroy my hard work? Will the acrylic warp the matting, give it an unholy sheen? (even though the acrylic is mat finish) Or am I just tripping here at 12:33 A.M.? I called Oceanic Arts and they told me that it is NOT common to put acrylic on matting; but then I recall going to many Tiki Bars (Royal Hawaiian, for example) and seeing shiny walls... I don't know. Perhaps I just feel like somebody is kidnapping my love child... But is it not TOTALLY stupid to put clear acrylic "paint" over fabric? [ Edited by: Hamfoot_Larry on 2004-09-12 01:33 ] [ Edited by: Hamfoot_Larry on 2004-09-12 01:35 ]

Okay, I've spent the last month and a half painstakingly building a tiki bar in my roommate's garage. This thing is beautiful--tapa, abaca cloth, and bamboo on the ceiling... on the walls, bac-bac and lahala... My roommate and his girlfriend seem to believe that the room needs some type of acrylic sealant. Apparently, it would preserve the matting, stave off insects and make cleaning easier. They bought for cans of the stuff and want to acrylic the room tomorrow (Sunday) morning. They even want to put acrylic over the beautiful tapa hanging on the ceiling. Someone, please, help me! Are they going to destroy my hard work? Will the acrylic warp the matting, give it an unholy sheen? (even though the acrylic is mat finish) Or am I just tripping here at 12:33 A.M.? I called Oceanic Arts and they told me that it is NOT common to put acrylic on matting; but then I recall going to many Tiki Bars (Royal Hawaiian, for example) and seeing shiny walls... I don't know. Perhaps I just feel like somebody is kidnapping my love child... But is it not TOTALLY stupid to put clear acrylic "paint" over fabric?

[ Edited by: Hamfoot_Larry on 2004-09-12 01:33 ]

[ Edited by: Hamfoot_Larry on 2004-09-12 01:35 ]

Post #113994 by Hamfoot_Larry on Sun, Sep 12, 2004 1:33 AM