Post #798118 by cy on Thu, Oct 17, 2019 10:41 AM

Hey tikicoma nice to see you are still browsing TC. Many years ago I tried that on a cedar log, but found that it did not help as it continued to crack in the same spot only deeper. I then figured I could put a v shaped wedge into the now very large split, but the wedge split also. I cut the wedge out, making an even larger gap and installed a nice walnut, harder wedge figuring that would do it, but it ended up splitting apart again in an unnatural area outside the wedge which looked terrible. I then doused the tiki with lighter fluid and roasted smores over the fire. As time has gone on I have learned to embrace the cracks as "character" and "patina" and let them go as they will. I have never had a cedar log split in half even after 20 years unpainted in my yard. Crazy Al once told me that cracking is the wood releasing evil spirits.