How to: Step By Step Epoxy River Table Pour Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2024
- Part 2 is a step by step more detailed pour with some tips to get a better pour. Learn from the mistakes I have made to get that perfect epoxy River pour.
Part 1 Here: • Step By Step Epoxy Riv...
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Thanks for the tutorial! I look forward to my own build soon! Beautiful work and very easy to follow step by step guide here
No problem hopefully it helps some!
This is a good video
Great help - thank you
Thank you
Looks great, and lots of good info here!
John the Schreiner thank you! Hopefully it helps some one
I am definitely a fan and I am going to learn how to do this
Glad to hear it’s a fun project enjoy it
This was great just the video I was after
Glad you liked it! Hope it helps
Nice work. Looking forward to trying this for the first time. Thinking of doing mine a little different. I was wondering if I did the river color only about 1/2 or 3/4 deep let it cure and then clear pour the river and over the wood maybe a 1/6 or 1/4 inch thick. Should I put a wood sealer over it first to keep the epoxy from soaking in the wood? I want to go for a glass look over it all and protect the wood.
What your describing is a flood coat, I would suggest watching an “epoxy flood coat video” first it works fine depending on the intended use of the pour. Do not pre seal the wood the epoxy will soak in a little but pour a little thicker and it will seal everything and self level. Keep in mind because your covering the wood it is no longer food safe and also the epoxy scratches much easier than finished wood.
Great work, Question, if I want to epoxy the sides when I am done, do I just remove the frame, trim and than add a top and side coat?
TK thank you, yes if you want to coat the whole thing including the sides, remove the form and flood coat it. Pour on top and push the epoxy evenly until it flows over the sides. Preferably use table top or standard epoxy because the deep pour will just run off like water.
quick question…when you seal the edges of the wood with epoxy, do you use just the epoxy itself or do you use the mixture of the epoxy and the hardener?
Mixture of hardner and resin. Never use them separate just mix a small amount seal and let cure.
it looks great. can you please tell me the name of the electric planer?
Thanks, it’s a Dewalt DCP580
@@ToolsThatBuild thank you very much, unfortunately have not found the model through Amazon. can you tell me a link or other to buy the device?
or maybe you have other suggestion without battery (directly with the cable)
@@miladalhabib5220 corded versions do exist made by many manufacturers. Just search electric hand planer.
on that project does the light shines through it? on the resin
Absolutely, if you want less light to go through add more pigment, or less pigment for a more transparent look.
You can swipe through photos of this project finished at:
instagram.com/p/CB8Z28qBnHc/
And
instagram.com/p/CFwxAWeB1g7/
When you router edges doesnt the epoxy get cloudy again? You sanded it all down then used router..I did this once and the sides where epoxy was didnt look that great just wondering
Yes they get cloudy, I sand the heavy grits 80/120 to smooth everything out so the router has a nice surface to work on. Then after routing the edge I Sand starting at 150-4000 grit as per normal. Once you get it to 4000 and add a little finish it shines like glass.
What method do you use to hold the wood sown (as in this video?)
This is a small pour so it’s two sided tape holding down the wood. I usually use several clamps if it’s any larger or longer. You can also just use weights on top but you have to be careful not to over pour too much with clamps or weights as you can accidentally glue them to the wood with the epoxy.
What stops the epoxy from flowing under the wood?
Weights or clamps hold the wood to the bottom of the mold usually. This one was tacked with a bit of glue that is sanded off after. Some of the epoxy may leak under the wood. As Long as the Wood isn’t floating it can be planed and sanded off after.
Another question, why do you put clear epoxy on wood edges before you pour epoxy in? How does that help?
Hey biggest reason is it seals the wood from releasing air during the deep pour. It also helps keep any loose dust from entering the big pour.
@@ToolsThatBuild ok thank you
i have watched a few videos on this across the many people that have posted to youtube. One thing, i have not seen anyone say is whether or not they pour epoxy over the wood as well. In the video, it looks like you have because its shiny like the epoxy you poured to make the river. Unless, while the epoxy is curing, you put on a lacquer of some kind?
Hey so the reason you don’t see it is because there is a couple methods all with similar results. Over pouring the epoxy so it’s on the wood is fine its usually planed off or sanded so the wood is exposed. You can also pour the epoxy just to the top and sand the wood flush. Finally the easiest way and my least preferred is to pour the color epoxy to the top and then pour a flood coat of clear on top covering the wood. I don’t like flood coating wood myself because it’s a lazy way out, I prefer exposed wood to plastic covered wood and finally it’s not food safe. In the video I do the first method I mention where the epoxy is over poured on the wood and then planed and sanded off which is the shine you see, once it’s back down to natural wood both the epoxy and wood are sealed with a mineral oil wax.
@@ToolsThatBuild got it. using the mineral oil wax is probably what ill do after sanding. thanks for the breakdown. appreciate it.
@@remygunn5768 no problem if you get stuck or unsure. I’ll do my best to answer any other questions.
Can the pour Exceed the top of the wood so I don’t have to worry about how true the wood is as far as level?
Yes it can but it will have to be planed and sanded the same way I demonstrated on the bottom and keep in mind you can polish it and get a pretty good result on the epoxy but only epoxy that’s never sanded will be perfectly glossy.
You can also take the easy way out and flood coat the entire piece at the end but epoxy scratches easily and then your covering your wood in plastic which won’t stand the test of time, therefore I don’t recommend it.