What is the right bar stools for a tiki bar? - Collecting Tiki

T Tikiwahine Tiki Socialite Victoria, BC Joined: Apr 09, 2003 Posts: 3295	T Tikiwahine Posted posted on Thu, Aug 17, 2006 4:11 PM On 2006-08-17 07:51, Sneakytiki wrote: The Heywood Wakefield ashcraft line simulates rattan, not bamboo, so you may want to check the local thrifts etc. for rattan bar stools for a closer match, bamboo isn't quite as structurally sound as rattan, as evidenced by the target tiki stools recalled this year. Aloha! You're joking that the target stools were poorly constructed, right? It's nice to have stuff that matches, but I'd always choose bamboo over rattan. "Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood. It is one of the strongest building materials, with a tensile strength that rivals steel and weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite. It withstands up to 52,000 pounds of pressure psi."

On 2006-08-17 07:51, Sneakytiki wrote:
The Heywood Wakefield ashcraft line simulates rattan, not bamboo, so you may want to check the local thrifts etc. for rattan bar stools for a closer match, bamboo isn't quite as structurally sound as rattan, as evidenced by the target tiki stools recalled this year. Aloha!

You're joking that the target stools were poorly constructed, right? It's nice to have stuff that matches, but I'd always choose bamboo over rattan.

"Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood. It is one of the strongest building materials, with a tensile strength that rivals steel and weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite. It withstands up to 52,000 pounds of pressure psi."

Post #249519 by Tikiwahine on Thu, Aug 17, 2006 4:11 PM