Need advice on vintage tiki bar restoration! - Home Tiki Bars

T TikiStiles39 Member Palm Springs Joined: Jan 25, 2015 Posts: 22	T TikiStiles39 Posted posted on Sun, Jan 25, 2015 12:22 AM Hey all so i made an amazing find on Craigslist and purchased this tiki bar for only $100 and its easily worth much more. Its all hand carved and in amazing shape except the previous owner (who owned it for 30 years) had put it outside towards the end of them owning it and caused the bar to fade and the three panels on top to dry out and the wood filler dried and cracked as you can see there's big cracks in it. Some friends have told me to clear out the old filler which i did but they suggested putting poly urethane over the top to make it flat and fill in the cracks. I feel like doing that will cheapen the bar and i like the texture and vintage look of it. I was just going to put in more filler and sand and stain it again to get it back to original state. Any suggestions from the pros on here?

Hey all so i made an amazing find on Craigslist and purchased this tiki bar for only $100 and its easily worth much more.

Its all hand carved and in amazing shape except the previous owner (who owned it for 30 years) had put it outside towards the end of them owning it and caused the bar to fade and the three panels on top to dry out and the wood filler dried and cracked as you can see there's big cracks in it.

Some friends have told me to clear out the old filler which i did but they suggested putting poly urethane over the top to make it flat and fill in the cracks. I feel like doing that will cheapen the bar and i like the texture and vintage look of it. I was just going to put in more filler and sand and stain it again to get it back to original state.

Any suggestions from the pros on here?

Post #735929 by TikiStiles39 on Sun, Jan 25, 2015 12:22 AM