Making Fake Bamboo - Tiki Carving

S Spaceboy Member Columbus, Ohio Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 40	S Spaceboy Posted posted on Tue, Jul 31, 2007 9:00 PM I just tried the score with a knife and blow torch method on some old PVC I had laying around. Wow! I was amazed. Look: This is just painted with amber shellac afterward, no paint. I'm sure with some paint it would look better. I think the shellac melts the surface of the PVC a little, so it's difficult to get a smooth coat. It's easy to bend the PVC once it's hot. You can make it slightly crooked if you want and you can control how much the nodes bulge out by compressing or pulling the segments. The thinner PVC works better (faster). Thanks Paul! -Don

I just tried the score with a knife and blow torch method on some old PVC I had laying around. Wow! I was amazed. Look:

This is just painted with amber shellac afterward, no paint. I'm sure with some paint it would look better. I think the shellac melts the surface of the PVC a little, so it's difficult to get a smooth coat.

It's easy to bend the PVC once it's hot. You can make it slightly crooked if you want and you can control how much the nodes bulge out by compressing or pulling the segments. The thinner PVC works better (faster).

Thanks Paul!

-Don

Post #322442 by Spaceboy on Tue, Jul 31, 2007 9:00 PM