Finished Product(s)!

Step 5: Finished Product(s)!

Pick something to build! My first PVC conversion happened because I built a Dear Chaser fountain out of bamboo in 2006 and by 2009 it had cracked to the point of uselessness. My mom liked the fountain so much I made her a triple fountain in a whiskey barrel for her birthday. Then I replaced a viaduct style fountain I had also built out of bamboo in 2006 that wasn't ageing well. Almost anything that you can think of that you could build with bamboo you can us this technique. Bamboo hut, fountains... use your imagination!

One thing I found is that the shellac doesn't hold too well in terms of abuse, mostly winter abuse, I think. I live near Buffalo, NY so can have our share of winter. What I ended up doing was sanding down any areas that had chipped / damaged shellac and re-applied the shellac. After it looked good and fully dried, I coated the entire shellac-ed surface (old and new) with about 4 coats of Rust-Oleum Crystal Clear Enamel Spray paint. It held up over the rest of the summer and winter so far but time will tell. I may just touch it up with the Clear Enamel every year or so in order to have a wear surface. So far, so good!