Post #348301 by Bay Park Buzzy on Fri, Dec 7, 2007 2:04 PM

This guy was sanded and stained last night:

Now I just have to put some sealer on it

I like the way the top guy turned out

this guy is a very happy tiki

I also sanded a stained this guy.

I used early american, and have my reservations about using it on this type of wood. It seems to really react differently with the logs composition. The left over bark was a lot darker than the heart wood after I stained it, and I think the contrast is too great. Glad I tried it on a "throwaway" piece before a larger and better piece. I'll probably not use this stain on palm anymore;however, I like the effect that it had on the basswood pendant I used it on a while ago. I should go back and restain it, but I really don't care about anymore.

I also tackled a big portion of the sanding on this guy last night too

He's my first project of the day.

Seeksurf: I guess I bought into all the local media hype about our recent "storm." It was the lead off story on every channel for about five days here. It was like our version of a completely unwarranted Katrina sized media frenzy. It went like this on the local news every ten minutes: Live from the La Jolla shores is meterologist Doppler Bob. Bob says " I'm standing on the sand where in a few days water will fall from the sky and hit the ground all over the scene you see behind me. Four days from now, the scene will be much different, when all these people on the beach will have jackets on for two days, and it will be cloudy." Thanks Bob, now on to Matt, who is standing on a mountain waiting for the rain to come, in another 4 days...

We have less rain days than tiki events out here, so rain is a big thing.

I had a fifth of an inch of rain at my place. Shouldn't I qualify for federal aide or something?

Buzzy Out!