Post #118946 by Aaron's Akua on Sun, Oct 10, 2004 5:17 PM

Thanks Chongo - this is quite a resource we have here at TC. All the help is priceless.

Benz - that was a really excellent explanation, and I never really quite thought of it that way. The really fine sanding may not be necessary for this palm tiki. Maybe I'll save it for the mahogany or other fine wood that I'm planning on working with some day. With this first wood tiki I've just been plugging away, taking my time, trying to make it the best tiki that I can, and figuring out the carving method as I go. I think I'll finish the rest of it with 60 grit & cleanup chiseling, then go to 100 grit & call it a day.

I'm hoping that the next set of 100 grit sanding will go a lot faster. I'm really hopefully thinking that the first series of rough sanding is the toughest and longest, because once the chisel marks and rough spots are removed, you'd think that the finer grit sanding would be a piece of cake??? If that's the case maybe I'll do the 220 grit after all. We'll see....

I'm just back on Sunday afternoon from a weekend camping with the Ohana at Leo Carillo Beach, just above Malibu. And yes, I brought the tiki along & got some sanding in at the beach. Kinda pooped ...talk atcha all later.

A-A