Can the banana leaves/palm looking leaf be polyurethaned?

Question

I was wondering if you could polyurethane a leaf and use the leaves and make a shade our of thsm???? I hope the question I have asked make sense to you.

Thank you
Barbara Malone

I don’t have a photo…I have just thought about doing this this with the excessive palm leaves we have.

Answer 1

You know... That is not a bad idea! I can't find much reference to it, but you might try it and see how it turns out. Preserving other leaves in Poly is somewhat common, so I don't see why this wouldn't work.