Preparing Palm Logs?!?!?! - Tiki Carving

4 4WDtiki Tiki Socialite Omao, Kauai Joined: Aug 03, 2004 Posts: 1995	4 4WDtiki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 3:23 PM Nix, can't tell from the pic, but if those logs are drying inside, get them outside and in the sun. I second what Aloha and McTiki said. I picked up some palm logs today. Even thought they were cut just hours before, when I got home, I sliced another inch off the bottom and stood them on end. I figure it's similar to when you buy flowers, you're supposed to give the ends a fresh snip before they go into the vase water. I have them standing on keystone gravel, vs the end standing on damp ground, etc.

Nix, can't tell from the pic, but if those logs are drying inside, get them outside and in the sun.
I second what Aloha and McTiki said. I picked up some palm logs today. Even thought they were cut just hours before, when I got home, I sliced another inch off the bottom and stood them on end. I figure it's similar to when you buy flowers, you're supposed to give the ends a fresh snip before they go into the vase water. I have them standing on keystone gravel, vs the end standing on damp ground, etc.

Post #572858 by 4WDtiki on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 3:23 PM