Post #596142 by Psycho Tiki D on Mon, Jul 4, 2011 12:41 PM

I finished the second coat of tung oil finisher on Saturday and let this dry for two days. Unexpectly, I found the Minwax tung oil finish left a brilliant shine to the final finish. I guess they call oil for a reason, although dry to the touch, it looks like it has an oily texture to the finish (so much for the shiny tiki appearance).

I debated on whether or not to restore this. Since it was in such bad shape, it made more sense to protect it and give it a few more years of life.

So the story behind the purchase.

I bought the tiki from a vendor whom I frequently purchase tiki items from. She told me the week before she found the tiki, she and her daughter were out driving and saw this tiki on top of a tarp in the back of a truck holding the tarp down and keeping the load from blowing out of the truck bed.

When they saw the tiki, they tried flagging the driver of the truck down to talk to him. At first he ignored them (thought they were crazy) but slowed down enough to speak to them. Apparently the driver was hauling the tiki and some other stuff to the dump from a clean-up job he had done. They stopped the driver before he entered the dump property (dump rules do not allow anyone to purchase items on dump property) and they made the driver a deal to purchase the tiki and some of the other items (non-tiki).
The clean-up was from a property in Stockton area, but that was all the driver told them.

I am extremely pleased to now own it.

Thanks for looking!

PTD