Cutting the tree down.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Wow Jamie, that is sooooo beautiful, you are very talented and I love how you have turned a negative situation into a positive one.

[Zemo]

Wow, it is much cheaper now. Cool, I have a few projects to use some on and a Lowes (plus a Depot and Menards) 3 minutes from my house. Thanks for the info.


And it is applied the same way we used to do it. Pretty much a pour over and it would self level just as you said. We made some sweet "stoner pictures" with that stuff. My best friend still has 2 of them hanging in his bathroom.

Yea man, I just kinda pushed it around with a brush to make sure it got everywhere, a smaller piece you wouldn't even need to do that. I did take a propane torch for the bubbles, but there weren't many. It give you the quantity to mix for the sq footage your working with. Then it's exact equal amounts of resin and hardener mixed together.

[Brad]

Lowe's has it now in quart and gallon size. the Gallon I used for this top was 58 bucks, but that table is like 78"x48. It's near the stains and varnish. It self levels, you just need to push it around a bit after the pour with a brush. You have like ten mins to get it right. I also used a propane torch to go over it right away to get what few bubbles there were out.

Wow, it is much cheaper now. Cool, I have a few projects to use some on and a Lowes (plus a Depot and Menards) 3 minutes from my house. Thanks for the info.


And it is applied the same way we used to do it. Pretty much a pour over and it would self level just as you said. We made some sweet "stoner pictures" with that stuff. My best friend still has 2 of them hanging in his bathroom.

[Zemo]

That sounds like the same stuff we used to use for arts and crafts. You could pour it onto a picture and once it cured it not only protected the picture but also gave it some cool depth. If it is the same or simular stuff I also remember it wasn't cheap back then.


Where did you get it and was it really expensive? Just curious as I haven't messed with that stuff for years now and I have a few projects that it would work well with.

Lowe's has it now in quart and gallon size. the Gallon I used for this top was 58 bucks, but that table is like 78"x48. It's near the stains and varnish. It self levels, you just need to push it around a bit after the pour with a brush. You have like ten mins to get it right. I also used a propane torch to go over it right away to get what few bubbles there were out.

[Brad]

Hey, Thanks everyone, I'm in love with that bar top epoxy, it has come a long way and is almost idiot proof now to use. I want to put on everything lol. That finish is equal to 50 coats of varnish and hard as a rock. I poured a sample piece before the table and I found it the other day and whaled on it with a hammer and not a noticeable mark, a couple small dings but that was it.

That sounds like the same stuff we used to use for arts and crafts. You could pour it onto a picture and once it cured it not only protected the picture but also gave it some cool depth. If it is the same or simular stuff I also remember it wasn't cheap back then.


Where did you get it and was it really expensive? Just curious as I haven't messed with that stuff for years now and I have a few projects that it would work well with.

[Zemo]

Hey, Thanks everyone, I'm in love with that bar top epoxy, it has come a long way and is almost idiot proof now to use. I want to put on everything lol. That finish is equal to 50 coats of varnish and hard as a rock. I poured a sample piece before the table and I found it the other day and whaled on it with a hammer and not a noticeable mark, a couple small dings but that was it.

[Hulk]

Mad Skillz sir. I've been working some milled 5" log beams into decorative posts to replace the ones that rotted coming out of my house, and I've spent 2 weekends on it, and only have 7 of 9 done. Something tells me your tools are better than mine! Using Marine varnish on mine, man, I love the look of real wood with a finish on it. Yours looks awesome.

[vulcan2074]

Damn that looks Cool. Great job.
Sammy

[Meule]

Now that looks really cool, way to go

[AJ Collector]

Great job J, I guess you get that pit going when the Florida tempts plummet to the mid 50's.....

[Brad]

That looks sweet Z-man! Great job.

[cjefferys]

That turned out really nice. Great idea to turn a bad situation into something positive.

[Hector]

While I'm not for cutting a good tree (although you had to because of the lightning)...that came out AWESOME...looks really rustic yet somehow modern too...I love it...you have some great craftsman skills...wish I had that in my own backyard...

[Duncan]

Looks great.

[Zemo]

Looks great! At first glance the table top reminds me a bit of the operating table from the POTA Tree House. Now all you need is the Tree House. LOL!!

Seriously though that was some cool ingenuity on your part. Nice work!

I wonder if that was in the back of my head, cause when I finished I thought the exact same thing. Looks kinda like pota setting.