Post #802854 by tikiskip on Tue, Apr 12, 2022 12:49 PM

"maybe we should start a sticky with recommended places to source items, would be helpful to most tiki bar makers and lamp makers?"

Not being mean or anything but many people won't tell where a lot of the one stop shop for parts is because they make and sell tiki stuff. BUT with that said there are not many one stop shops for this stuff for the most part ya buy the stuff where you see it when you see it.

And the guys who did really well at finding stuff to make tiki stuff from hunted for stuff ALL the time. Our vacations went to all the nautical shops and shell shops we could find but those places are high dollar so you can't many times make a light from those parts as it would cost too much to sell and make any profit.

At this time I have parts for tons of lights as you need to just buy whatever you think might work and save it till you get the other parts for that light. So do you really make money making and selling tiki lights? Surely I will die with tons of unused tiki light parts.

OA would send off to China or some other far away land and buy a TON of stuff put it on a ship and over time they would use said items and make money. I don't know if even OA can find the hats and baskets they used to use to make lights and things like they used to.

Joe blow home tiki bar guy or even small time tiki maker seller can't do that.

This has come up before with little if any input as to places to find stuff. Garage sale time is here........ Good luck,

PS you will never find what you are looking for when you want it, look for cork find hat, look for bamboo find floats.