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8FT Tiki
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Joined: Nov 30, 2003
Posts: 1172
From: Kansas City, MO
|  Posted: 2010-07-01 10:33 pm Permalink
Sometimes a hot summer day pushes ol' Santas out to the garage sales.
Just $3 for the pair. HO HO HO
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talo ka
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Joined: Jul 26, 2007
Posts: 451
From: tampa, fla
| Posted: 2010-07-02 10:54 am Permalink
hmm... santas look like they are having an enema.
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TIKI DAVID
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Joined: Apr 07, 2004
Posts: 1904
From: North Coast
| Posted: 2010-07-08 4:03 pm Permalink
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uncle trav
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Joined: Apr 27, 2005
Posts: 1532
From: Kalamazoo
| Posted: 2010-07-10 10:46 am Permalink
Just got this great vintage TV lamp by Kron. Looks good sitting on the hi-fi console.
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2010-07-17 10:47 am Permalink
Nice mirrored mid century shelf found today. Get a load of the skull decal in the middle of it, talk about painting a mustache on the Moan Lisa.
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leleliz
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Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-07-17 1:07 pm Permalink
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On 2010-07-17 10:47, naugatiki wrote:
Nice mirrored mid century shelf found today. Get a load of the skull decal in the middle of it, talk about painting a mustache on the Moan Lisa.
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jealous!
where found and for how much?
Love the set of these I have but have wanted a set with a design (not a skull) on the sides like yours. Glad they are still out there!
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2010-07-17 6:04 pm Permalink
It was from a yard sale that had been going on all week. Every other day I crawled the car by it but had been disappointed my the mostly tools there and today- bingo. They wanted $10 for it but because of the skull I offered $7 and the woman was glad to sell it. The back says it was made at The Illinois Molding Co Nov 1962.
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leleliz
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Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-07-17 7:40 pm Permalink
awesome! you should be able to get that decal off...rubbing alcohol and a razor blade and patience I am thinking.
great shelf!
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Unkle John
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Joined: Oct 22, 2003
Posts: 1216
From: Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX
| Posted: 2010-07-20 08:22 am Permalink
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On 2010-07-17 19:40, leleliz wrote:
awesome! you should be able to get that decal off...rubbing alcohol and a razor blade and patience I am thinking.
great shelf!
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That could potentially scratch the glass surface. I'm a sign maker, and I say get you an old credit card (or one of those thin ones they send you in the mail to entice you to sign up) and get some Goo Gone. The Goo Gone is citrus based and when poured on to the decal, let it sit so that it draws up the vinyl. Lightly scrape the edges to get it off, should take about an hour or so to do. Wipe clean with Windex and it will be good as new.
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2010-07-20 08:43 am Permalink
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On 2010-07-20 08:22, Unkle John wrote:
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On 2010-07-17 19:40, leleliz wrote:
awesome! you should be able to get that decal off...rubbing alcohol and a razor blade and patience I am thinking.
great shelf!
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That could potentially scratch the glass surface. I'm a sign maker, and I say get you an old credit card (or one of those thin ones they send you in the mail to entice you to sign up) and get some Goo Gone. The Goo Gone is citrus based and when poured on to the decal, let it sit so that it draws up the vinyl. Lightly scrape the edges to get it off, should take about an hour or so to do. Wipe clean with Windex and it will be good as new.
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I ended up soaking it in Ronsonol lighter fluid for about 10 mins and hit it with the blade from a box cutter and once it was off used more lighter fluid to get the sticker residue and no one was the wiser. The real issue is removing the water stains peppered on the graphics without damaging the art. If I can figure that out I have a few menus I’m hopping to clean up.
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leleliz
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Joined: Sep 02, 2008
Posts: 1981
From: NorCal
| Posted: 2010-07-20 10:17 am Permalink
Glad its skull free ! I think on the wall covered in knick knacks the water spots wont be as noticeable(?). If you just can't deal with them I have this hole in my wall that could use another one of those shelves..... 
Unkle John thanks for that tip too!
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Naneki
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Joined: Dec 06, 2006
Posts: 119
From: Behind the 8 Ball in Ventikitura County
| Posted: 2010-07-22 12:51 pm Permalink
I'd like your opinion on some "pins".
I found this one about a year ago. It's metal with a green ceramic head. 3 inches across and 2 inches high. There are no markings on it. It may have been re-purposed. It looked familiar but I haven't been able to find anything like it in the tiki books. (Of course, now someone will post that it's on page 73 of Book of Tiki.)
Excuse the photo, it's hard to get a good image of shiny black glass. These are black glass. The larger is 3 inches and the smaller is 2 inches. They appear to be carved or etched. They were recently given to me by someone who said they were her mothers. So they may be from the 50s or 60s. They may have started life as clips or barrets.
Any ideas on these items?
Oh, and for those of you outside of SoCal I thought I's share a photo of a Matilija poppy.
How can you not enjoy a flower that looks like a fried egg? This is a small one as it's only 6 inches across. It's late in the season but I thought I'd share.
Nancy
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Zeta
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Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2030
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-07-22 1:12 pm Permalink
Naneki, I would post those nice Pre-Hispanic pop pieces in the "Pop Primitivism" thread. Nice flower!
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Babalu
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Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-08-12 8:13 pm Permalink
I'm so happy!
(Squid is so jealous)
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Psycho Tiki D
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Joined: Oct 13, 2006
Posts: 1783
From: The river Styx, can you pay the toll?
| Posted: 2010-08-16 2:17 pm Permalink
I seldom make it over here. Questionable as to whether or not this qualifies as "tiki"?
Once there were many, now there are few!
Later,
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