Epoxy filling

[Yadkin]

You posted it.

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/...1&postcount=42

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

The Elm I had I used a clear stain/sealer as I encapsulated it w epoxy flood coat.

Can ya find somebody w a 24” or 30” planner to take dips out? <— solves all issues!

A client of mine owns a lumber yard and has the biggest plane that I've ever seen, but it's only 14" wide, and this piece is 18". If I knew of someone with a machine like that I'd take it there.

I have it flat along the narrow dimension; along the long about a 3/16" dip in the center. Not really noticeable in that 5' dimension.

[Yadkin]

@madinnc

Here's the recipe that I'm following. Note at time stamp 10 seconds how he has most, not all, of the bare wood coated with flooded epoxy.

How To Finish an Epoxy + Wood Table (For Beginners + Pro's) - YouTube

[MadInNc]

Since your piece is not square and irregular, use blue tape with 1” sticky and overlap with another piece so when ya apply it to edge you built a dam to hold back epoxy AFTER ya epoxy the edge. Blue tape must stick or ya have a gallon of epoxy moving in w ya on floor, forever.

Once damn is there find a top coat calculator to figure out how much ya need which I need dimensions to plug in.


For a table 40 x 20 w 1/8 pour, damn edged you’ll need a 1/2 gallon +

Here’s a link for calculator

https://incrediblesolutionsonline.com/epoxy-calculator/

Regarding epoxy lots of choice and all different $. If indoor ya don’t need UV and I’d buy from a epoxy specialty shop vs Amazon

I’ll dig up who I used tomorrow and send to ya.

[Big bob]

I always used West System.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

Since your piece is not square and irregular, use blue tape with 1” sticky and overlap with another piece so when ya apply it to edge you built a dam to hold back epoxy AFTER ya epoxy the edge. Blue tape must stick or ya have a gallon of epoxy moving in w ya on floor, forever.

Once damn is there find a top coat calculator to figure out how much ya need which I need dimensions to plug in.


For a table 40 x 20 w 1/8 pour, damn edged you’ll need a 1/2 gallon +

Here’s a link for calculator

https://incrediblesolutionsonline.com/epoxy-calculator/

Regarding epoxy lots of choice and all different $. If indoor ya don’t need UV and I’d buy from a epoxy specialty shop vs Amazon

I’ll dig up who I used tomorrow and send to ya.

Edges are done. All I'm doing now is filling up a few small gaps, then sanding and finishing.

I get your point about epoxy on plain wood. Even after aggressive sanding, removed about 1/16", I can still see its effect on dry wood, although doesn't show up when wetting with water. The video guy cut with a CNC. I'm not sure if I should do a skim coat with epoxy to get it all the same before I do the Rubio.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Edges are done. All I'm doing now is filling up a few small gaps, then sanding and finishing.

I get your point about epoxy on plain wood. Even after aggressive sanding, removed about 1/16", I can still see its effect on dry wood, although doesn't show up when wetting with water. The video guy cut with a CNC. I'm not sure if I should do a skim coat with epoxy to get it all the same before I do the Rubio.

Rubio on top of epoxy

Damn I actually learned something new.

[Yadkin]

I'm shocked that you'd admit that.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

I'm shocked that you'd admit that.

Why just because you can't?

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Edges are done. All I'm doing now is filling up a few small gaps, then sanding and finishing.

I get your point about epoxy on plain wood. Even after aggressive sanding, removed about 1/16", I can still see its effect on dry wood, although doesn't show up when wetting with water. The video guy cut with a CNC. I'm not sure if I should do a skim coat with epoxy to get it all the same before I do the Rubio.

Originally Posted by Big bob

Rubio on top of epoxy

Damn I actually learned something new.

W Bob. Stain first w Rubio, then epoxy. Rubio won’t lay well on epoxy - finished or not. Ya want expoxy to be the last coat, like glass encapsulation

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Why just because you can't?

I admit that I'm right.

[Big bob]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

I admit that I'm right.

Wrong again

Kinda like rubbing bacon grease to make your waxed floor better.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Wrong again

Kinda like rubbing bacon grease to make your waxed floor better.

Sounds like something a Big Ape would do.

[Yadkin]

I decided to do a skim coat of clear epoxy over the entire top. Then I'll sand staring with 40 grit again, up to 220 before Rubio. Here's what the piece looks like now.

[GTOguy]

Hope you don't have to flip it over and start over on the other side!

[Steve_R]

How can an oil-based finish soak into the wood if it’s sealed with epoxy first?

[Bill]

I am curious why OP didn't just fill the imperfection with the same clear lacquer he applies to the whole piece, so that it is flush? That way, you can see the imperfection. Is that not done for some reason?

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by Steve_R

How can an oil-based finish soak into the wood if it’s sealed with epoxy first?

Maybe I should just use a polyurethane instead.

[Yadkin]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

I am curious why OP didn't just fill the imperfection with the same clear lacquer he applies to the whole piece, so that it is flush? That way, you can see the imperfection. Is that not done for some reason?

I think you mean epoxy. Lacquer can't be used to fill a 3" deep defect in the wood. I could coat the entire piece withy epoxy, like a bar top, 1/16 to 1/8" thick. It's still an option, but not the look that I was going for.

[Steve_R]

Originally Posted by Yadkin

Maybe I should just use a polyurethane instead.

I’m not much into woodworking. I did make a table like that years ago by just pouring a layer of epoxy on it. Turned out okay and the kids couldn’t hurt it.

I would think the epoxy seals the grain so any finish that needs to soak in won’t work.