#MWshoptalk - Finishes for Wood and Epoxy Resin

See me at Makerscentral NEC 11th 12 May 2019
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Heidelberg Coatings - Amicus UK
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MiniWax wipe on poly (hard to find in the UK)
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Coating Resin
Glasscast 3

[wynnroberts]

So disappointed! I have just caught up with everything! Oh well I’ll just have to wait for each new video now. Mind you there are many I can watch again for tips and techniques particularly applicable to my needs. Keep them coming please and thanks again for all your phenomenal work.

[juroworkshop]

thank you for giving lots of information.

[Hand-i-Craft]

Perfect Andy, thank you so much for that, contained everything I needed to know. Apologies I was one of those folk bombarding you with questions in an email! Inthe end I went for the NW1 white compound and should be arriving from easy composites tomorrow. as you just said, it’ll last forever😀.

Mixed and done the resin pour for my first river table yesterday. Was very happy how it went. Just finishing my brew and will be going to check on it, hopefully the garage hasn’t blown up😀

[pokersharktables]

I am very familiar with Odie’s oil and have used it for a few resin table projects I’ve done. It’s a great product, super easy to use as well. The best part about it is you can sand wood up to like 4000 grit with it. So essentially you don’t have to worry about the wood to resin line when sanding (speeds things up tremendously). I am like you and prefer the natural look of the wood contrasting with the smooth resin so for us it’s a great product. The one tip I’d have for anyone trying Odie’s is to heat it up for 25 seconds or so in the microwave (obviously take the top off first).

[mauriceryton]

Such great advice. I have been working on using epoxy. I started out on small pieces such as filling nail holes and imperfections on reclaimed lumber. I moved up to live edge charcuterie boards. I have just done epoxy and wood clocks this week. What l have found is follow the product directions exactly to the tee. The biggest and super important area is sealing the pour area/s carefully. Paying attention here is paramount or you will waste a very expensive epoxy on the floor or workbench. I have also found the pigments are not cheap. I have experimented with paint which gives a nice even colour to the epoxy. This week to source inexpensive pigments l am going to the brickyard to see what colours of pigment they have. The concrete industry uses powder and liquid pigments that are bigger sizes for less money. Thank you for your unselfish sharing and showing us the products you use. The final polish is so important through the grits on the epoxy and seeing the ones you use really helps. I have tried several so far, none have been wonderful. Sharing like this is how we all learn and improve our skills and our finished products look better too.

[SMee]

Jam packed full of great information. 👍
Practice, practice, practice... 👌
As the saying goes, Rome was not built in one day!

[jonathanbrowne]

I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy your YouTube videos! They're so informative for someone like me ("challenged" would be a good word to use). I think I've mentioned before that I'm new to the whole woodworking and resin world, and I couldn't agree more with your opening comments. There are so many variables with resins that you can't just jump into the deep end and expect amazing results. I'm a few months in, and I've barely graduated to coasters. Admittedly though, I haven't been giving it my full attention lately. In the end, my goal is to be able to do river tables. The stuff you do is absolutely stunning! Near the end of this video, you had a couple of pieces still curing in their molds. What do you use for making the walls and base of those, and do you use hot glue or silicone caulk? I've seen you demolding some of those, and they just come right apart! Easy peasy! Incase you were wondering, you have a huge fan here in Toronto, Canada! Really love your work! Cheers.

[jonathanbrowne]

BTW, I know you have your Patreon set up for the really detailed, in depth look into what you do and how you do it, but unfortunately, and I'm embarrassed to say, but I just can't afford it. I'm on permanent disability, and have been for the past 12 years or so. Please trust me when I say that it's extremely difficult to start virtually any hobby while on a very small fixed income. I'm only able to do this with the support of my family. I really would like to contribute to MWD. There is absolutely a huge amount of value in the videos that you do! It's a tremendous service that you provide, that takes time and money to provide. And you deserve to be compensated for it! I sincerely wish I could do more. Maybe in the future I'll be able to. Let's hope. Cheers

[joemungle]

So oil base wipe on poly is good to use over a sanded down epoxy table top?

[jennadollface]

my fav is monocoat 2 c oil and odies oil in natural and dark is nice brings out the grain of wood its expensive at £49 per jar .

[ManorWood]

Hi All, I just fixed the broken Links to Amicus UK

[garyk]

Great video, it was something I wanted to know👍

[sherafganfarooq]

Hey!
I have a honeycomb epoxy table I'm planning on staining black. Will I be able to remove the stain color from the epoxy surface or do I need to be careful while applying the stain on the wood.
Ty

[davidkeetz]

you can make wipe on poly by just mixing mineral spirits and normal poly. don't have to pay more for them to mix it.

[milopajic]

So where exactly are we going to get to know how you go from the wood to the resin that’s what I find difficult as I don’t want to be polishing the wood with fast cut and get it stuck in the grain will you be making a separate vid on that ?

[jessicadoyne]

Can you do a video on how you create the form that you use for your epoxy tables?

[BischBaschBosch]

Really informative vid mate. If I could add another voice to those asking for more info about how you treat the wood-epoxy crossover. I'm used to working and finishing wood and epoxy as I do a fair bit of cold molding but not yet tried the sort of stuff you do - resin fills and rivers etc - but would like to at some point. Are you just going to put this info on patreon ?

[nicharvey]

Hey Andy, can you redo the link to your favourite hardwax, doesn't seem to be working. Cheers mate.

[ginaalwaysavip]

Thank you for sharing with us all. I was wondering if you have ever used Waterlox? I've had great results with it. If you ever need some more wipe on poly feel free to contact me.

[stevemarkwick]

Really useful stuff, thank you. How do I get to your patrion Chanel please?