Post #203608 by SilverLine on Sat, Dec 17, 2005 7:18 PM

On 2005-12-17 18:48, amiotiki wrote:

I guess it all depends on how you want your tiki to look...but if you want to avoid cracking, etc. - the best bet is to protect it from waterlogging right from the gitgo, so a poly coat or some other kind of sealant is a really good idea. Just make sure the wood is properly (slowly) dried out, keeping relative humidity around 50-60%

Wouldn't this time of year, in our colder climates, be the best time to harvest deciduous trees for carving? I'd guess that wood moisture should be at it's lowest right now. Good time to follow tree-service trucks, maybe?

(Waiting for the next ice storm . . .)