Restoring Tiki: Save Big Daddy Olu from brain rot! - Tiki Carving

8T 8FT Tiki Tiki Socialite Kansas City, MO Joined: Nov 30, 2003 Posts: 1411	8T 8FT Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 9:28 PM Oh does this take me down memory lane. The whole interior rot thing...When I restored ol' 8FT himself back in 2003, I encountered the same things. (Here is a link to that story) http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6515&forum=1&hilite=restoration His former owner had him outside back then and sitting right on bare ground. The BIG difference here is of course is that Olu is one with the land and cannot be moved indoors. Such a shame to hear how time is catching up with him but it is inevitable in the climates most of us reside in. Water and creepy crawly things get in. Period. I would agree with the others that advise against the expanding foam here. It is stronger than you think it might be and definitely could split him in weak areas. I don't know what you will end up doing but I wish you my best and hope that you will have a successful "savage renewal" project completed soon. [ Edited by: 8FT Tiki 2009-01-13 21:29 ]

Oh does this take me down memory lane. The whole interior rot thing...When I restored ol' 8FT himself back in 2003, I encountered the same things. (Here is a link to that story)

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6515&forum=1&hilite=restoration

His former owner had him outside back then and sitting right on bare ground. The BIG difference here is of course is that Olu is one with the land and cannot be moved indoors. Such a shame to hear how time is catching up with him but it is inevitable in the climates most of us reside in. Water and creepy crawly things get in. Period. I would agree with the others that advise against the expanding foam here. It is stronger than you think it might be and definitely could split him in weak areas. I don't know what you will end up doing but I wish you my best and hope that you will have a successful "savage renewal" project completed soon.

[ Edited by: 8FT Tiki 2009-01-13 21:29 ]

Post #428621 by 8FT Tiki on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 9:28 PM