To Seal or Not To Seal?? - Tiki Carving

T TikiTres Member Forney, TX Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 263	T TikiTres Posted posted on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 11:11 PM Are they palm? If so, make sure they're dried out before sealing (if you decide to seal them). Most carvers around here (TC) properly dry palms before carving, but some of the more "commercial" carvers out there carve wet, green palms that just get nasty-looking if sealed (yes, this is the voice of experience). Palm doesn't weather well in my area so I'm sticking to cedar and redwood pole purchases now, and I do seal them to keep them from graying in our intense heat/ sunlight. I placed my old, nasty, grayed tikis into the landscape beds and they do have a certain charm there so like Jones said, it's more about personal preference.

Are they palm? If so, make sure they're dried out before sealing (if you decide to seal them). Most carvers around here (TC) properly dry palms before carving, but some of the more "commercial" carvers out there carve wet, green palms that just get nasty-looking if sealed (yes, this is the voice of experience). Palm doesn't weather well in my area so I'm sticking to cedar and redwood pole purchases now, and I do seal them to keep them from graying in our intense heat/ sunlight. I placed my old, nasty, grayed tikis into the landscape beds and they do have a certain charm there so like Jones said, it's more about personal preference.

Post #543690 by TikiTres on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 11:11 PM