Post #564827 by Suicide Tiki on Fri, Nov 12, 2010 10:43 PM

Well I have been thinking about this wire brush technique all day and craving a little project to try it out. I finally made it to Home Depot and picked up a wire brush and a small torch and a scrap piece of 2x4. I found the closest saw I could find which happened to be a scroll saw and quickly cut a small 15 inch section of the 2x4 of and a rough silhouette of a tiki. As I have stated I have relatively no skills with the power tools but I want to change that. So a quick read though of the directions on how to get the torch lit without blowing my hand off or burning down the house and I was off. kahalakruzer was right... this is a messy job but it was fun. I started around 9 tonight and decided I had better stop or I will be torchin' wood out in my driveway all damn night! Anyway I recently got a copy of Tiki Modern and have been in love with the Witco stuff. So I am going to mount my silhouette on a shield or something and cover that in some faux fur as sort of an homage to the Witco products. Here is how it turned out. All in all it was not all that hard and gives me a little confidence that I can pull off a bigger job. Im not sure if I did it right but I like how it looks. Thanks to everyone else for the comments about the room. I am going to take your advice and paint it. But there are a few other projects in front of that one. Anyway here is how my wire brush test went. Let me know your thoughts.

Aloha!