Post #679483 by Takatuka on Sat, May 25, 2013 2:16 AM

@Rioturban:

The big, great, beautiful tiki you have carved is made out of spruce, right?
I saw in the video on youtube that you got the log from a sawmill.
I suggest the wood, to that point of time, was fresh/wet? Wasn't it?

I have now a question on finishing the tiki.
If you have carved it out of the fresh log, you have to sand it.
How you do that?
Do you wait until the upper layer is dried?
Was the log dry from the first step on?

Wet wood is ugly to sand...
My tries every time end up in a disaster.

Thank you very much!