Post #194470 by exotica59 on Mon, Oct 24, 2005 5:46 AM

tfisherart: I sure wish I could carve tiki poles, that would be the BEST!

You're right moondance, someday I'd love to be able to use chisels and carve a tiki. I've thought about it a lot. I think maybe I could do it if I watched somebody else do it for awhile.
Hey Benzart, how about making a video? I'll bet if I watched it over and over enough times I could at least give it a try.
JimTanden: I used a old can of stain/poly mix that I had sitting around in the garage. I found that by laying it on heavy in the grooves I could hide some of the imperfections that that my light sanding didn't fix. Plus I want the trim to look like they have been around for awhile,and most older grooved wood tends to collect dirt and gunk and looks darker.
If you want to see some great examples of this type of trim, check out work done by Bamboo Ben. I also think that Bosko's web site has some mighty fine trim based on nice straight lines, which I can not do free hand at this point.