Post #309724 by bananabobs on Wed, May 30, 2007 6:30 AM

The tiki appears to have had hands and more torsos at one time. I was disappointed that the old picture doesn’t show the bottom of him.

Like I said the tiki was in real bad shape, the wood was like Styrofoam. I continued to apply epoxy resin to the softest spots, which drank it up quickly. I was concerned that the natural color would be replaced by a dark shiny color but put that fear aside when a large chunk popped off in my hand. That’s when I added the threaded rod. It began to firm up and strengthen after about 2 gal of epoxy but it did start to darken. By the time it was done, I put almost 5 gal of epoxy resin in him.

I also started to figure way to display this guy once it was repaired. The client wanted the a-frame replaced and I wanted to place the tiki in front somewhere. Here is the beginning of the a-frame.


I want to build a frame to support the tiki right at the front edge, even though there is rotten wood through out the tiki, this sucker is still heavy.