Post #557362 by SDshirtman on Fri, Oct 1, 2010 7:57 PM

After some minor finishing set backs my third tiki is finally finished. Boy did he take a long time.
I did some sanding and touch up staining to fix some of the really bad parts of the spar accident I had.
In the end I said the hell with it. He's just going to sit in the back yard and weather anyways.

I stained this one a little differently using a coat of golden oak minwax then going over certain spots with
different colored water based wood dyes.
I know some of you are going to say I should have left him simple like the he is in the next picture.
This is after the first coat of stain.

A little colored dye. I was kinda second guessing myself here.

I ended up using semi gloss spar vs. satin this time.

With this one complete I think I'm taking an indefinite hiatus from carving tiki's.