"Extinguish this Rain" Phase II

Here is where I'm at with the 1920's fire extinguisher I posted in May titled "Extinguish this Rain".
It took a lot of testing and elbow grease to get this where it's at right now. I tried many compounds and tricks I found online and nothing really got the job done how I wanted it to. Then I found this product by Flitz called "Instant Brass & Copper Tarnish Remover". It comes in a black spray bottle. So far it has worked well. I did not used a buffer, all done by hand. Right now I'm liking it's aged look with pieces of polished brass poking through. Before, it looked too crusty to even touch... now it's character is coming out.

Let me know what you think... Should I keep going and polish it more or leave it as is?

Red~

Bamboo Edging

This post is coming from my DESIGN side of things. I recently cut down a good amount of long think bamboo poles. I have many plans for these, some big and some small. Here is one quick small project. (I hope to get a video or step by step picture of how I split the bamboo)

I split the bamboo poles in half down the middle, then the halves in half again and those halves again in half. Giving me about 8 long thin strips of bamboo. Each strip in about 5 feet long (give or take) and only a half inch wide. Bamboo can be very flexible but yet still very strong. Armed with a long screw driver, I puncture the ground edge where one end of the bamboo shoot will go in. Then simply bend the shoot to where I want the other end to go, puncture another hole and insert the bamboo shoot in. I repeated this and overlapped the shoots. You can come up with so many unique designs with this, go crazy with it.

Stay tuned for the "how to split bamboo poles" into thin slated shoots.

Red~