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T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Sun, Feb 22, 2015 4:38 PM On 2015-02-22 09:58, Banana Bill wrote: On 2015-02-22 07:08, TheBigT wrote: awesome place you've assembled. that larger tiki you found looks like one of those fernwood tikis. there are some threads on TC about those if you're curious. :) Big T, thank you SO much for mentioning that my tiki is fernwood - I had no idea what he was made out of and I'm glad to see that there is some interesting history behind this type of tiki. I will study up. This guy was decaying pretty badly when we rescued him. Little bits of fernwood dust around him every day after I set him up. Ultimately, I gave him a good thick coat of Mod Podge and it has worked wonderfully. He looks great, he's rock solid and not decaying anymore. Hopefully, slathering him in glue wasn't a huge sin in terms of his collector value, but then again, I don't think I'll let him go until the Zombies finally kill me (drink or apocalypse), so I'm not sure I care about value! [ Edited by: Banana Bill 2015-02-22 09:59 ] Bill, I wouldnt worry. When you have a vintage item that's pretty trashed already, then restoration probably won't hurt it. We're probably not talking Antiques Roadshow value here. :lol:

On 2015-02-22 09:58, Banana Bill wrote:

On 2015-02-22 07:08, TheBigT wrote:
awesome place you've assembled. that larger tiki you found looks like one of those fernwood tikis. there are some threads on TC about those if you're curious. :)

Big T, thank you SO much for mentioning that my tiki is fernwood - I had no idea what he was made out of and I'm glad to see that there is some interesting history behind this type of tiki. I will study up. This guy was decaying pretty badly when we rescued him. Little bits of fernwood dust around him every day after I set him up. Ultimately, I gave him a good thick coat of Mod Podge and it has worked wonderfully. He looks great, he's rock solid and not decaying anymore. Hopefully, slathering him in glue wasn't a huge sin in terms of his collector value, but then again, I don't think I'll let him go until the Zombies finally kill me (drink or apocalypse), so I'm not sure I care about value!

[ Edited by: Banana Bill 2015-02-22 09:59 ]

Bill, I wouldnt worry. When you have a vintage item that's pretty trashed already, then restoration probably won't hurt it. We're probably not talking Antiques Roadshow value here. :lol:

Post #737974 by TheBigT on Sun, Feb 22, 2015 4:38 PM