Post #442508 by shishead on Wed, Mar 25, 2009 5:10 PM

First of all, nice to meet you all!I have been visiting regularly the site and i can surely say that there is a lot of dedication and passion in here!

A couple of months ago i tried carving my first piece which decided to be a moai.
I finished carving it with a set of a relatively cheap but effective set of chisels.
I stained but recently i bought a dremel so i decided to get rid of the old stain and sand the surface again to be done correctly and to look better as it should (in the first time hand sanding didn't help that much or my patience was not enough :))

So...here the result for the time being.Just thinking about the stain right now.I do have searched numerous times in the forum but you know i have found more than enough information to just choose one.I think experience would help.
ANyway, i am thinking about using 3-4 coats of teak oil to get a darker look.

I forgot to mention the wood i worked on was a piece of Eucalyptus which is easily found in my region in Greece (contrary to palm tress haha).Notice that the moai has a huge crack which i covered somehow because my enthusiasm could not make me wait until the wood drained completely.

SO..
I am waiting for your comments and really really nice to meeting you all.