Jronman Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 I built this epoxy and wood serving tray for my sister as a Christmas gift. It was the first time I have ever done anything with decorative epoxy. I used Mahogany for the wood. The green river and dark grey L and circle were cut out with my Shaper Origin cnc. The epoxy had Black Diamond Pigments mixed in for the colors. For the epoxy I used Total Boat brand table top epoxy. I realized that was a mistake in the sense it could only do 1/4 inch thick pours at one time so i had to do multiple pours which resulted in more work because I could not pour in one shot. I decided once I finish what I have, I will be switching to Black Forest Wood Co deep epoxy. I expect to get one more board out of what I currently have before I need to order more epoxy. Took about 1/2 US gallon of epoxy for this pour and I had a one gallon kit. The finish I used was also from Black Forest Wood Co. I did two coats of their furniture oil. It was the first time I used my Rotex for applying finish. The Rotex worked great. When the oil was cured I put on their diamond level furniture ceramic product. It is a two part product. I did a coat of the diamond base coat then I did a coat of their top coat. I want to say I had an estimated 20 hours spent on the board not including the dry time for epoxy and finishes. I think I could get it down to almost half of that if I can pour the green section in one shot, get the cnc time cut down and optimize some of the other tasks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted January 9, 2023 Report Share Posted January 9, 2023 Wow that is such a nice job, came out awesome. The first time is always more than what you think. I poured Ardex in my mudroom thinking it would be a simple process. Would have been simple if I read the directions, but didn't. In the end, I had to do 4 pours when I could have done one pour. Oh Well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted January 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/9/2023 at 9:20 AM, Eric - TIA said: Wow that is such a nice job, came out awesome. The first time is always more than what you think. I poured Ardex in my mudroom thinking it would be a simple process. Would have been simple if I read the directions, but didn't. In the end, I had to do 4 pours when I could have done one pour. Oh Well. Should take me less time next time I do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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