Making my Tiki Paradise--1 new pic added 6/05 - Tiki Carving

TD Tiki Diablo Member socal Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1916	TD Tiki Diablo Posted posted on Tue, Feb 8, 2005 10:04 PM El Centro! My gramps "cookie" had a ranch there. And yes w a nickname like "cookie" boy could he scrap. Well back to the topic at hand. I would say carve the posts, but if you f them up, thats it. So on that note, I would say make a repeating tapa design of cut0outs. Maybe use redwood fencing wood 6" to cut the designs out. You can carve on these adn if the get screwed up, toss em. Sometimes if I amd doing a repeating design, I use masonite templates so they come out nice and crispy clean. After these guys are all cut out, carved on to add some depth and maybe painted and then stained over the paint(to give it that oldschool look) nail them to the posts. See if you carved on the post , it might weaked them or....? so that is my $.02. Maybe you can give us so mo pics.

El Centro! My gramps "cookie" had a ranch there. And yes w a nickname like "cookie" boy could he scrap. Well back to the topic at hand. I would say carve the posts, but if you f them up, thats it. So on that note, I would say make a repeating tapa design of cut0outs. Maybe use redwood fencing wood 6" to cut the designs out. You can carve on these adn if the get screwed up, toss em. Sometimes if I amd doing a repeating design, I use masonite templates so they come out nice and crispy clean.

After these guys are all cut out, carved on to add some depth and maybe painted and then stained over the paint(to give it that oldschool look) nail them to the posts. See if you carved on the post , it might weaked them or....? so that is my $.02. Maybe you can give us so mo pics.

Post #140214 by Tiki Diablo on Tue, Feb 8, 2005 10:04 PM