Epoxy Resin Wood Coasters

Making Wood In Resin Coasters. You can find random pieces of tree branches and turn them into something as cool as these resin coasters.

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Epoxy resin Used 
5in PVC (Local home center)

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#Epoxy #Coasters

[flywittzbeats]

Takes a rare type of person to make a tutorial detailing the trial and error man, thanks so much, I applaud you!

[SpizawkDaKizowz]

One of my favorite things about your videos is that you don't edit out all of your mistakes. This keeps me from making the same mistake. It also shows your thought process, and the thought process is what helps people come up with new ideas in the future. Finally, it teaches the most valuable lesson of all: that we learn from both successes AND failures. Thanks for the great content!

[SiothaVest]

My daughter and i are going to do these, but use, stonecoat project epoxy, designed to seal the wood, and allow casting. But i love the simplicity of this concept, use of resources available to us & our mini shop at home and thank you for all the beginner tips in your channel!

[modustrial]

cool little project Glen! The silicone tube explosion happens when there is cured silicone blocking the nozzle, and backpressure from squeezing the caulk gun causes it to blow out. When I use a silicone tube again, I like to take a thin long screw and twist it into the nozzle by hand, then pull it straight out. The threads of the screw will pull out the cured silicone that is blocking the nozzle.

[melenahoward]

I agree with your choice to sand and give it that almost frosted glass look. The contrast is beautiful.

[NNJPRGreg]

I did a similar thing but used glass mosaic buttons in the epoxy. Came out looking great. Thanks for sharing.

[maxximumb]

Glen, I thought about a way to keep the bark on would be to cut a longer 6 inch section and cast that in a 7 inch section of pipe. Then once the resin has cured, cut the coasters out of the big piece. To get the last few coasters, attach a piece of scrap wood to use as a handle.
Sand each cut surface to remove any saw marks, then paint resin on the coaster, waiting till it's cured then flip and repeat. This way the resin fills the sanding marks and removes the need to polish with very fine grit pads.
Great idea and an interesting video.

[charliebrown]

If you paint on a thin layer of “penetrating epoxy” to the wood and let it dry before you do your actual pour, it will seal the wood and will not release bubbles during set up.

[SPS_survivor]

Never seen bubbles being popped with alcohol. Cool tip. Thanks man!

[scott]

I know this is an older video but I just found you. I like your style! You test and show both positives and negatives... The issues are what we experience so addressing them now is great. Thank you and stay real.

[LucasHartmann]

Cool. Maybe putting an entire branch in an entire pipe, cast, cure, miter cut, and then coat with a little more resin? Could give you more coasters / time.

[GregPoulton]

Thanks for showing the trial & error stuff along with finished product. Looks great!

[stevebedard]

Great idea using the pvc. Hot glue works really well holding the molds down and placing them on melamine covered with tuck tape helps! Thanks for the tutorial!

[growityourselfdelhi]

Loved how you used materials available easily instead of special moulds etc

[jamesabbott]

I appreciate the fact that you show wins and losses and demonstrate trying new things with results.

[jacquelinele]

Cool! I made something similar except I put dried flowers on the wood before putting on the resin/epoxy

[samanthajohnson]

Love the natural look of the wood encased in the icey resin. Frosten in time. Perfect forr putting your chilied glasses of Christmas drinks on.

[rallywagon]

Nice work. I am a big fan of epoxy and wood. Mixing in some colors to the epoxy would look pretty good too.
A couple of suggestions. If you plan on doing more, instead of making individual molds. Leave the pipe one long piece. Cut it down the center. Use hose clamps to kept it from causing a line. Use that to make a log that you then cut the coasters from. Wipe a last coat of epoxy on after that yo cover the exposed wood and sand/polish to your desire.
And to really get rid of bubbles. After you you poured into the mold, put the mold isnt a pressure pot at 50-60 psi until it cures. This crushes any bubbles that might be present and helps keep moisture in the wood, which also will cause bubbles when it hits the epoxy.

[Woodden]

Looks cool and should last and work for a very long time. Nice idea.

[mikeyandalyssab]

Love the finished look! Great video, thanks for the tips! And most importantly, thanks for sharing what didn’t work as well, that really helps!