How do I make a BIG tiki cheap and light (not wood) - Tiki Carving

N NOTCH Tiki Socialite San Jose.Ca Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Posts: 507	N NOTCH Posted posted on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 3:03 PM I made a couple of 6&8 footers out of polyurethane expanding foam Once and it works great! They sell 2 part 5 gallon drums of liquid foam (A/B)at tap plastics and you need to make a hard waxed paper cylinder so you can mix and fill up the cylinder...After it expands and drys you peel the paper and start carving!!! After you carve it you can find cheep clear coat at any auto body shop and apply it over your tiki. Once dry you can paint it with house paint and black spraycan for detail...It worked good for me!! [ Edited by: NOTCH 2007-02-13 15:12 ]

I made a couple of 6&8 footers out of polyurethane expanding foam Once and it works great! They sell 2 part 5 gallon drums of liquid foam (A/B)at tap plastics and you need to make a hard waxed paper cylinder so you can mix and fill up the cylinder...After it expands and drys you peel the paper and start carving!!!
After you carve it you can find cheep clear coat at any auto body shop and apply it over your tiki. Once dry you can paint it with house paint and black spraycan for detail...It worked good for me!!

[ Edited by: NOTCH 2007-02-13 15:12 ]

Post #285422 by NOTCH on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 3:03 PM