Post #342173 by hewey on Mon, Nov 5, 2007 1:59 PM

Very cool tiki, nicely done. As you'd be aware, the hebel is great to work with. As folks have said, hit it with a concrete sealer to protect it from the elements.

You'll find when you hit it with some paint, the air bubbles will fill a little and it'll smooth out a little. I wouldn't worry about plaster on it. I've used stone texture paint on mine, that came out pretty cool. Or just use straight exterior grade paint. The dry brushing is a good idea too. That will create a more weathered textures surface, which will look better. There's some very cool special effects paint too - a mate of mine used that rust paint on a hebel tiki, it came out absolutely awesome. One tiki I had I sprayed it gold metallic, then when it was still wet I hit it with balck (I was just using spraycans). The gold metallic sunk into the crevasses, so it had a really nice effect to it. Play around with it - it's just paint! IF you stuff up, just repaint it!