Post #88825 by ikitnrev on Wed, Apr 28, 2004 9:13 PM

Here are the pictures of my Honolulu tiki poles. Obviously, these and Sabina's poles were done by the same carver. The main difference is that mine, which were inside, still have their primary paint colors, while Sabina's were painted brown.

They now stand about 7 feet 8 inches tall, and weigh about 75 pounds each.

If you look closely, you will see that the poles had cracked lenghtwise, and they were resealed with a white putty, and then painted over.

The unpainted scuff marks at nose level were where the bamboo rails for one of the booths was attached.

The bottom portions were rotted away, and the one on the left showed some signs of past termite/insect damage. These were the 8 inch portions that I sawed off.

and these were the bottom of the posts afterwards. Obviousy, the one on the right is in better shape.

The Chans did say that the Honolulu did have some termite problems after suffering some water drainage problems in past years, but regular visits by an exterminator eliminated the problem.

I will keep my fingers crossed that there are no more problems with live termites inside .... I'd like to preserve these as much as I can.

Vern