TableTop Epoxy Demo with
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Lucas from @lighthousewoodworks took over our TotalBoat IG account and went LIVE for a TableTop Epoxy demo and Q&A! Check it out to learn about the many uses of TotalBoat Epoxy.
And be sure to check out Lucas's channel for some impressive furniture builds here: / @lighthousewoodworks
Nice example of why these kinds of projects do not need to be intimidating - Thank you
Thank you!!
Very helpful. I like the idea of putting on gloves and smoothing out the pour (with sides) as the first step. Thanks!
Great presentation, Lucas. Good tips on how you do it.
He is awesome!!
Beautiful work.
He does amazing work!
Thanks for all the good advice!
We can always count on Lucas!! Thanks for watching
Great job about to use this for the first time!
Hope your first experience went well!
I love total boat epoxy
Love to hear it! Thank you!
I’ve gotta try some total boat epoxy, so go ahead and send me the kit! 😂
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If I had a son, his name would be Lucas! But I have four daughters, am divorced three times, been snipped and I'm 55 years old... So maybe it will have to be a grandson Lucas!!!
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I know I’m late for the giveaway….
And love this video. Just about to do my first pour ever with tabletop. And you talking about the cracks is not unlike the edges of my desk between the wall and the tabletop. About 3/4” but pretty tight. Maybe 1/8” max. Maybe.
We hope your pour went smoothly! Happy this video helped!
@@TotalBoat it did! The wife and I did it together. It was easier than I expected. Ended up with about 3/16” depth. The dam held and released easily only dripped through in one endcap area where I didn’t seal well. Easily fixed with some HVAC tape. Wrapped the dam with packing tape. Did 2 pours 4 to 5 hours apart. No soft spots so mixing was good. Used your procedure. Moved epoxy around with total boats serrated spreaders. Only thing I did not do was stipple with a brush. Used heat guns extensively so no woodwork would be damaged. Most all bubbles popped. Did end up with several areas of micro bubbles. That was a bummer. I guess using the stippling procedure would have helped that. The epoxy was difficult to get over the edge between the tabletop and wall. Ended up with an entire area where it did not go over edge enough to fill gap but you’ll never see it. Was going to mix another batch and use cake decorating bag to guide it in the crack but as I said, not viewable. Was able to fill all the spaces along the slatwall edge and the exposed wall on the desk wing section. The epoxy did climb more than I expected up the dam making it necessary to sand flush. I was never able to bring to top back to the cured sheen but I got close. Had to hand polish many areas due to the walls and wood coming up through the pour to support shelves. It looks really good! We learned a lot and I have enough left over to do some shelves I’m building. Wish I had some time to do some test pores so I could’ve avoided some of the issues I encountered, but you have to look real close to see the defects and I’m very satisfied. Drilling holes for cables to come through was also very easy through the epoxy and wood top. If I had to do it over again, I would’ve epoxy the top before installation and avoided most every issue.
@@VmanJeff Hey Jeff- so happy to hear it was an overall good experience! We definitely recommend starting small or doing some test pours first as it's inevitable to have issues arise, happens to the best of us! You'll be a pro in no time ;)
Neet to coat a store bought kitchen table that cam with some kinda painted surface. Look nice new but it gets marked up and chip easily. Will this stuff work.
The tabletop epoxy is durable and scratch resistant, and can easily be recoated if it does get dinged up over time!
Can you comment on the difference between quick coats, seal coats, and flood coats and which total boat products serve these purposes?
To seal wood, we would recommend our Penetrating Epoxy. This epoxy has a very thin viscosity so it can penetrate and seal the wood. For a flood coat, we recommend our TableTop Epoxy.
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Hey Lucas, applying marine grade varnish instead of that kind of epoxy would be wasting money or would it give the surface of the wood an extra resistance than with epoxy? Say UV protection? 🤔
Applying the epoxy as the first layer will really seal the wood and protect it from moisture and the elements. The varnish on top will add that depth of gloss and accent the grain and the UV in the varnish will protect it from UV rays which will try to break down the epoxy (and the finish! that's why you have to maintain the varnish, too, over time!)
Is there any stain or oil on that wood grain before the epoxy was applied? Are you able to deepen the color of a grain with a certain product before covering with tabletop epoxy?
You can seal the wood first with a thin coat of epoxy before doing the flood coat!
@@TotalBoatdoes the epoxy have to be applied directly to the bare wood or can i use a stain or other product to make the grain more vivid?
What grit are you sanding to before the second coat?
220 grit!
Did you stain the wood prior to laying the epoxy?
If you would like to stain wood before applying epoxy, the stain needs to be water-based. Epoxy will not adhere to oil-based stains but does adhere to some water-based ones. We always recommend performing a test first to make sure the stain is compatible with the epoxy.
How much epoxy for a 34 x80 in oak table top I have glued together. I have already bought the total boat resin , just d😮know how much to mix with p
Hey there! Check out our epoxy calculator on the website! www.totalboat.com/pages/epoxy-calculator
I'm just starting out and using total boat tabletop on a Charcuterie board. I cannot for the life of me get rid of the bubbles. My shop is 72° & 45% humidity. I am stirring very slowly and carefully. I tried heating the liquids in a hot water bath, which helped but didn't eliminate bubbles. I also tried putting the mix in a vacuum chamber, which barely did anything to remove the bubbles. Hitting it with a torch or heat gun only gets the big bubbles. Oh and I sealed the pieces with shellac & an epoxy seal coat. I'm doing all the things everyone suggests that you do, yet my pours are still filled with thousands of micro bubbles. I'm about to give up on this. I'm so frustrated.
Hey there- we are so sorry to hear you're having issues with TableTop. Does it seem that the bubbles are emanating from the substrate still, or from the initial stirring, or from the cure reaction? Vacuum should remove most of the bubbles if it's put in there after it is mixed but some will still stick around, you need to put it under a decent amount of vacuum for it to be effective though. We do have a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so we recommend reaching out to our tech support team for assistance moving forward. Our support team is available M-F 8am-5pm est at 1-800-497-0010.
The bubbles are definitely in the epoxy and not coming from the wood. Whether the bubbles are a result of prep or the reaction I cannot say. I did also try vacuuming parts A & B individually to see if getting all the air out of those first would help, but it did not. My vacuum chamber maxes out at 30inMg, so if that's not enough then I don't know what to do. It certainly does bubble up in he chamber; it just doesn't really ever settle back down to a point with less bubbles than when I started.
@@rfehr613 If you give our tech line a call, we would be happy to chat with you further about this matter. The tech team can walk through the project with you to figure out what's going on!