Post #476674 by Benzart on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 9:40 AM

Looks great for tiki # 2, Keep going. If your wet wood is freshly cut it Will check a lot (crack)and if you just let it dry on its own it will check a lot too. What you need to do is SLOW the moisture escaping by painting the ends with paint, wax or other stuff made for the purpose. I found latex paint works well, then just wait a year or two works great, in the meantime go find some logs already dry .