Fire, Epoxy, and Free Wood

Burnt wood and epoxy desk adventure...
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00:00 Introduction
00:27 I really know my wood
01:43 How I'm gonna do it
02:25 Cool tools
03:28 Wood burning
04:34 Sealing the char
06:25 First problem
08:06 Burnt wood trick
09:32 Epoxy leak (a bad one)
12:27 Removing the "form" and planing
13:27 Back at my shop
14:34 Touch ups
16:37 So much honesty
18:53 Table leg attachment
19:37 DIY paint booth
20:51 First coat reveal
22:43 Rocky montage of spraying
24:04 Buffing water based poly
25:29 Legit disaster
26:44 n3 nano top coat
27:32 Final reveal

[connorb]

Automotive painting tip: spray the ground with water before you start painting. It encapsulates any dust or debris on the ground and keeps it from spraying up onto the surface.

[discodubber]

Ok. I’ve done the DIY paint booth. I can give you a few pointers.

1) You need to use PLASTIC drop cloth. Fabric drop cloth has loose fibers that can blow around.

2) You need to put the drop cloth at top, sides, and bottom, and they need to be taped together to seal the area. Also, tape around your ventilation unit.

3) Your “doorway” needs to be double flapped. By that, I mean that an overlap isn’t enough. Where the curtain parts to allow you access, you need another drop cloth over the gap to prevent the gap from opening up and letting dust in.

4) You need more slack on your air hose than you actually need because you need to tape it down and seal the drop cloth around it.

5) You should be wearing booties over your shoes. They’re not just for protecting your shoes, they’re also to keep any dust and crud from your shoes from getting blown around.

Basically, be as OCD as possible when it comes to prepping the area. Maybe bring your wife out to check the area? Lol

[TraceyOfficial]

I love how Scott feels like a Friend, not just a guy you've hired but someone who adds to the show.

[jtw-r]

Shouts out to Scott for the honesty! And shouts out to Cam for being able to accept critical feedback without getting puffy chested

[laurencapwell]

Engineer's painting tip: After you set up your booth, run a hepa air filter inside the booth for several hours to remove dust and debris from the air. Keep it running while the piece is drying to keep the air as clean as possible.

Also, if proper ventilation allows use plastic drop cloths for the walls instead of cloth. Cloth gives off lint and dust particles, but plastic is much cleaner and won't contaminate the space.

Make sure the floor is clean (wet helps) and wear a fresh clean suit. If your booth is sealed from floor to ceiling, then most contamination will come from your clothing. Also make sure the ceiling of your booth is closed so that contamination can't float in from outside.

Once your booth is set up and clean, make sure you run the air filter for a few hours before you start.

[slimdout]

From a fellow woodworker who was an auto body guy in a past life... canvas is fabric and holds dust and the like, bringing it into your booth. Plastic makes for a cleaner booth. Also, if you wet the floor a bit, it will hold down a lot of dust and light debris that you're finding in your finish. Makes the early and in between stages a lot easier on you. 🤘 Also, more. love these outside-the-box builds. Keep rockin on, man.

[gordy]

I will never make big resin projects or slab furniture, but your understated humor still makes this one of my very favorite channels.

[AnthonyPeterson-ff]

If you haven’t figured out the dust problem yet from your DIY spray booth, it could be because you were using organic material drop cloths which have minuscule fibers. When the drop cloths are moved or bumped, they will drop fibers in the air and end up in your work. Could consider using plastic or spray your drop cloths with resin or another substance, which could bind all the small fibers, but still allow flexibility in the cloth. Just a thought, not sure I’m right.

Also, your intake side of your booth if opening is at the top, your particulate matter is falling from the ceiling and ending on your work while being sucked through your vent at the bottom. Sealing your booth at the top and adding an additional filter at the bottom would create a lower entry point and exit point for your air intake and output and may keep particulate matter towards the bottom of your booth.

[Zercell]

It's always impressive how you persevere and continue through errors and accidents to create something stunning

[frankmurphy]

Scott's been a great addition to the shop. It looks like you guys get along really well. That's the most important thing 🙂

[danaeroberts]

More of those tables, please. I love the contrast between the burned area and redwood grain.

[argentimaginationjewlery]

I love that you show the mistakes when making your projects. The best lessons come from mistakes. Mistakes always give a person a new perspective, changing how to use techniques for different projects.

[sams]

A real good idea for doing a sterile work place area/spray booth is to isolate it like you did and then use a water sprayer with a fine mist to knock down any floating dust. Also don't use a fabric cloth to isolate things as every single time you touch it, a little bit of the fabric will break off and fall down onto your surface. Use a plastic sheet or at the least try treating your fabric first to strengthen it and make sure to never ever touch any of the walls or disturb the sheeting. Also don't have a blower going inside of the area as it'll still kick dust up and around.

Also it might seem excessive but you can try doing a secondary layer of sheeting/fabric with a space between the two layers large enough for you to walk through. That way it limits any external air from entering the clean space when you walk between them through the void.

[angiegoodson]

I absolutely LOVE how your table turned out. I also love that you aren't afraid to bare your soul in these videos. Kudos to Scott for keeping it honest too.

[windraizou]

I love the rapport you and Scott have. And that there's such good communication between you two, it's refreshing.

[khrebtov]

Я не знаю, зачем я смотрю эти ролики!
Я не работаю с древесиной, но оторваться не могу!
Спасибо за красивую работу и привет жене и Скотту!

[sshep]

If you intend to do this DIY spray booth again, look into buying a small wedding tent with all the wall panels. The fabric drop cloth do nothing but release the kraken when it comes to finish work. The PVC wedding tents don't do that, plus they have a canopy which is huge as a significant amount of debris is dislodged from the ceiling from the airflow of the paint gun. I saw another commenter mentioned wetting down the ground (you would be amazed at how much dust gets kicked up). Having a dedicated spray hose, or get a hose cover that is single use. The spray gun is clean, the painter suit is clean, but everyone forgets the damn hose for some reason. If you really want to get obnoxious with the prep and clean you can hook up a negative and positive to your suit and your part. If you think your suit is up to the challenge, try taking a really clean part and rubbing it on your suit. Wait until you see how much debris collects on the suit just from static. If you must stick with the drop cloths, buy a garden pump sprayer and fill it with water, right before you do the final tack spray the drop cloths to the point they are wet. Keep at it, there are so many lessons that are learned only through trial by combat.

[seanliv]

Having been to the giant redwood forests and seen the hundreds of years worth of forest fire damage on some of these beautiful trees, I think the burned redwood look tells such a rich story about the life cycle of a redwood. And on top of that, you made it look stunning! The black textured burned areas contrast beautifully with the smooth, rich red/ brown of the surfaced areas.
Well done, sir 👏

[RangeGleasry]

As a person who is indifferent to this table, what I love the most about this video is how you take every challenge and every error as an opportunity to learn and perfect your craft. At one point you reflect “that’s part of it I guess” and that just really resonated with me because that’s the attitude everyone should have towards every unexpected difficulty ever. I feel inspired to apply that same calm, perseverance and humility to my own life.

[paulhardy-ls]

I hate tubers that stand in front of the camera and talk about what they are going to be doing and showing a fire for ever. That’s the reason that I really like Blacktail, you talk in the background while showing what you’re doing! Excellent, keep them coming!!