BPB
Joined: Apr 07, 2006
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BPB
The newer ones seem to be more prone to bending and they were not made that way originally. Over time, they start to lean.
From old posts about this on the cocojoes thread:
On 2006-12-19 12:14, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:
Some of my best "leaners"
Degenerative disc disease, just like me...
Buzzy
On 2007-01-28 12:16, Bay Park Buzzy wrote:
The subject is a male Lono figure(COCOJOES HW26-017 c.91), 8.75 inches in height, born on Jul 06 of some year during Cocojoe's years of operation. He came to the Buzzy Back Fixin' Kitchen Clinic due to a disfigurement of his lower back.
The initial examination by Buzzy showed a displacement of approx 3" from true square:
Buzzy advised the patient of his options: the boiling pan of water or the oven, and due to the tag on his back, he chose the oven.
The oven was preheated to 220f.
The volunteer sat in the 220 degree heat for 10 minutes, where the heat was then raised to 230 for 10 more minutes.
It was observed that the tiki was slightly pliable at this point. He was returned to the oven for an additional 4 minutes
After the additional time, he was placed on his back with a heavy pyrex tray to keephim straight while cooling
After a substantial cooling off period, the tiki was again measured to see the progress:
About a half inch off. Good progress for one attempt.
Published Findings: This method was easy, and it worked very well. Two and a half inches of bend were corrected. There was no cracking or deterioration of the piece during this process. The tag was left on and remains in preprocedure condition. I would recommend this method, but take no responsibility for you forgetting your tiki in the oven.
My one concern would be cracking a black one if I tried it...
Buzzy Out!
[ Edited by: Bay Park Buzzy 2007-10-06 14:25 ]
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