How to Get Shiny & Smooth OSB for Furniture

Learn how to turn OSB into perfectly smooth and shiny drawer fronts using a coat of epoxy resin. Easy high gloss finish tutorial.

[josepherwin]

Very nice.
I’ve always liked OSB finished off. I made a coffee table out of it for an old friend, back in the late 90s. I finished it with several coats of polyurethane varnish, sanding lightly between coats. His daughter has it in her apartment to this day.

[canklemedkits]

There is something deeply philosophical about OSB and how beautiful it can become.

[nannin]

Awesome that you exist! I repurposed an OSB 'lounge' chair, that I never completely finished (over the last like 5 years)... took it apart, hung the osb with chain as 2 shelves in my garage last night... now to smooth it! Thanks!

[LunarEleven]

Awesome, demonstrates amazing uses for TWO things people don't think about for furniture applications- resin and OSB! I need that dresser!

[samTollefson]

That is beautiful! OSB doesn't get enough credit for being what it is. I used it for the interior walls in my shop simply because of it's low cost, I painted it with a pickle mix made from watered-down acrylic paint and I think it looks much better than plywood. It was an effort to paint it though, even with a 3" long hair roller you really have to push it in to get the wash into all the crevices, one coat with a light knock off sanding with a drywall sander and you have a nice light reflecting wall where you can attach stuff anywhere and it's quite attractive.

[mitchellhenry]

I've never seen anyone use osb like this. From one builder to another, it looks amazing! The ideas are already running

[MichaelBuilds]

Oh my god I absolutely love how that OSB turned out!!! I never thought OSB could look so beautiful!

[gedreillyhomestead]

My wife and I once covered a small room floor with osb, it was like walking on the forest floor each time you entered. Great project, thanks for the reminder.

[jamescollier]

I never knew OSB could look so good! Holy hell!

[jamesstork]

I used a diamond clear floor varathane over osb on a cabinet I built a few years ago. It came out quite well and shiny but still showed some of the pits/voids from the osb in the final finish. I only did three coats. If you don't need the 100% filled top coat, a good varnish is a more affordable option. Love it though.

[Martin-seij]

I used Advantech 5/8" subflooring OSB for kitchen cabinet doors. This is the same as their sheathing but has a sanded finish. You still have to sand the stencil manufacturers marks off it. After sanding I stained the whole thing blue using a water based stain. This took, even though Advantech is pretty waterproof. When this was dry I sanded it again which left the blue only in the low parts. Cleaning it off I then stained the whole thing green. This gave it a wonderful two color look.. I tried other combinations of colors on scrap bits, yellow and green, yellow and orange. I gave a few coats of varnish to the finished thing. I also painted the back white this reflected light into the cupboard and also sealed the board on both sides so there would be no humidity and warping problems. I didn't use your epoxy resin as the doors were quite big and the wood itself is pretty heavy already for overhead doors. I used Blum soft closing lifts and am really happy with the whole thing. I just love the look of this material and don't know why it is not used more often for furniture. Your chest of drawers looks great.

[artconnolly]

I went from hating Osb to actually thinking about trying this. Wow it came out so nice well done !!!

[mekanismen]

First off, thanks for your awesome video! It was great help for us, we just made a desk out of OSB. Two things I'd like to let other people who might try this know:

DON'T SKIMP ON THE SEAL COAT. Instead of painting it on with a brush, pour it on like you would the flood coat, just use less epoxy, and then spread it using a spudger or a brush. If you don't successfully seal the OSB with this first coat, you'll end up with bubbles in the flood coat, no matter how good you are at popping the initial bubbles with a heat gun.

Our desk was about 20sqft, this required around 6qts of epoxy for the flood coat. We used about 3/4qt for the seal coat, and we should probably have used twice as much.

[MrRobertutep]

glad im not the only one who like the patchwork look of the osb

[ChristopherLuongo]

Wow what a clever use of OSB--I would never have thought of this! Your dresser looks great!

[byromscustomwoodworks]

That looks amazing. Who knew crapy chipboard could be turned into beautiful furniture. This gives me an idea for a desk

[nautifella]

I am planning some furniture builds for my new house, this look was the last piece. Thanks

[StariusPrime]

I've always hated the look of OSB, but you made it look pretty cool. I never would have thought of treating it with epoxy!

[paulsargerson]

Now that's a great idea, who would have thought OSB could be turned into such a beautiful finish, great job 👍👍👍

[craftedworkshop]

I am definitely giving this a shot! Awesome results, love the texture of OSB on the drawer fronts.