Popular Post Tj Brown Posted May 6, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 MarieC, Scrappile, Fish and 16 others 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 very nice Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 I like this one too! Very pretty....Thanks for sharing Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Got another question, TJ. After it's been through the planer, how do you polish out the resin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Beautiful pieces, but I do have a question which is which. wondering which one you consider starry and which is stormy? Maybe we should take a poll. I haven’t decided yet. Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tj Brown Posted May 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Got another question, TJ. After it's been through the planer, how do you polish out the resin? MarieC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 The bottom one is my favorite but they are both great. Marg Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tj Brown Posted May 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 18 hours ago, meflick said: Beautiful pieces, but I do have a question which is which. wondering which one you consider starry and which is stormy? Maybe we should take a poll. I haven’t decided yet. The green one is stormy meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted May 7, 2023 Report Share Posted May 7, 2023 Both are very nice. To me it looks like pictures I've seen of the northern lights. Maybe try it in some different colors? Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbow388 Posted May 18, 2023 Report Share Posted May 18, 2023 Great job. I always mess up when trying to epoxy. Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tj Brown Posted May 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 17 hours ago, Tbow388 said: Great job. I always mess up when trying to epoxy. This may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAIrving Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/6/2023 at 12:59 PM, Gene Howe said: Got another question, TJ. After it's been through the planer, how do you polish out the resin? @Gene Howe I have been working on this also and have the same question. TJ tells us to sand and then spray with polyurethane. I have sanded up to 1000 grit wet & dry sandpaper and still have not achieved the level of polish I want. Maybe I was too impatient and sanding longer would eventually get there. But I stopped and then sprayed with lacquer and it got significantly better. I am still trying for a really polished finish. If you manage to get there, please tell me how you did it. Gene Howe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 17 minutes ago, TAIrving said: @Gene Howe I have been working on this also and have the same question. TJ tells us to sand and then spray with polyurethane. I have sanded up to 1000 grit wet & dry sandpaper and still have not achieved the level of polish I want. Maybe I was too impatient and sanding longer would eventually get there. But I stopped and then sprayed with lacquer and it got significantly better. I am still trying for a really polished finish. If you manage to get there, please tell me how you did it. Thurman, I've tried just like you described. Except for using polyurethane instead of lacquer. And, I've tried a buffing pad prior to the poly also. This was on tables though. I think a better grade of resin might be the answer. In the past, I've had good luck with Total Boat and System 3. The last pours were an off brand. Not good. Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted May 19, 2023 Report Share Posted May 19, 2023 Very nice work, I am a sucker for any tree of life work! Tj Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAIrving Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 19 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Thurman, I've tried just like you described. Except for using polyurethane instead of lacquer. And, I've tried a buffing pad prior to the poly also. This was on tables though. I think a better grade of resin might be the answer. In the past, I've had good luck with Total Boat and System 3. The last pours were an off brand. Not good. @Gene Howe Gene, what brand of epoxy did you use? I used MAS Deep Pour and, as I said, was not successful in getting the level of polish I wanted. @Tj Brown, TJ, can you comment? I see in the tutorial that you use Promise brand epoxy. Are you able to sand/buff to a reasonable lustre? Also, which of the Promise brand epoxies do you use? Looking on A**zon, I see several: labelled "Table Top Epoxy", "Deep Pour Epoxy" and "UV-Art Epoxy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 46 minutes ago, TAIrving said: @Gene Howe Gene, what brand of epoxy did you use? I used MAS Deep Pour and, as I said, was not successful in getting the level of polish I wanted. @Tj Brown, TJ, can you comment? I see in the tutorial that you use Promise brand epoxy. Are you able to sand/buff to a reasonable lustre? Also, which of the Promise brand epoxies do you use? Looking on A**zon, I see several: labelled "Table Top Epoxy", "Deep Pour Epoxy" and "UV-Art Epoxy". Thurman, my last few pours have been with an off brand. Not worth a darn. I started my epoxy journey many years ago using System 3. Filling mesquite holes with crushed stone, usually turquoise. Only recently have I tried coating slabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tj Brown Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 5/20/2023 at 8:33 AM, TAIrving said: @Gene Howe Gene, what brand of epoxy did you use? I used MAS Deep Pour and, as I said, was not successful in getting the level of polish I wanted. @Tj Brown, TJ, can you comment? I see in the tutorial that you use Promise brand epoxy. Are you able to sand/buff to a reasonable lustre? Also, which of the Promise brand epoxies do you use? Looking on A**zon, I see several: labelled "Table Top Epoxy", "Deep Pour Epoxy" and "UV-Art Epoxy". I've been using the table top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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