Olive Wood Resin Coffee Table Part 2 - The Pour, the Plane and the Polish

This is the second in a new series I am doing. I thought it might be interesting to show a few of the other DIY projects I do along side my model boats, so here we are.

My first big resin project. I am going to make a coffee table for my living room from a slab of olive wood and epoxy. In this video I cover the final pours, planing the table flat, sanding, polishing, adding the legs and finishing.

List of components used:

- Polish:

- Olive Wood Slab. I bought this off eBay, plenty of choice on there and the advantage of buying this way is you can see the exact slab you get.

- Boiled Linseed Oil: You can get this from any decent hardware store.

- Briwax:

- Mould Sides:

- Mould Bottom:

- Silicone:

- Mould Release Tape:

- Measuring Cups:

- Paint Mixer:

- Isopropyl Alcohol for cleaning and removing bubbles.

Music (with thanks):
- Checkmate: Nathan Moore
- Fresh Fallen Snow: Chris Haugen

[chrismarsh]

Looks good I’m going to try one myself, one thing if you want to get the epoxy back to ultra clear, wet sand it with 3000 wet and dry with a sander then polish start with same make as you used but their 400 with a microfibre cutting pad then 2200 then 3800 and see if you can use a proper da polisher rather than a sander it will make a huge difference.

[sagarlakhwani]

This car polish, we can apply it on wood as well? As you are doing i have this question its on bare wood or the wood part has thin resin layer over that is why you applied over it ..

[LucidGeometry]

That clear epoxy’s amazing. Shame you spoiled it with a scrap of wood that didn’t even have straight edges. Just kidding: The table is stunning. You motivated me to use olive wood live edge for my next table.