Will,
Yeah I am not sure how long the lacquer would last if it was constantly in moisture. I only said about covering if wanted to hide the bolts. I myself like to see the base of the tree spread out.........its foot print and not a straight trunk into the ground. If you used a fastener that would not be easy to remove maybe just let them show (on my tree it has just four big brass bolts in lead concrete anchors and the brass was patina dark so they do not stand out).
I lacquered and then waxed my tree to preserve the colors. You could always go without the lacquer and just let the copper turn dark brown or black. From my experience some pieces that I have outside bare the copper does not turn green or look too bad for 15 years or so just real dark.
warren
http://www.metalrecipes.com
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Will,
Yeah I am not sure how long the lacquer would last if it was constantly in moisture. I only said about covering if wanted to hide the bolts. I myself like to see the base of the tree spread out.........its foot print and not a straight trunk into the ground. If you used a fastener that would not be easy to remove maybe just let them show (on my tree it has just four big brass bolts in lead concrete anchors and the brass was patina dark so they do not stand out).
I lacquered and then waxed my tree to preserve the colors. You could always go without the lacquer and just let the copper turn dark brown or black. From my experience some pieces that I have outside bare the copper does not turn green or look too bad for 15 years or so just real dark.
warren
http://www.metalrecipes.com