Starry Night & Stormy Night Tree of Life Color Fills

[Tj Brown]

[daveww1]

very nice

[MarieC]

I like this one too!  Very pretty....Thanks for sharing 

[Gene Howe]

Got another question, TJ. After it's been through the planer, how do you polish out the resin? 

[meflick]

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]

5 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

Got another question, TJ. After it's been through the planer, how do you polish out the resin? 

 

[wombatie]

The bottom one is my favorite but they are both great.

Marg

[Tj Brown]

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

[Fish]

Both are very nice. To me it looks like pictures I've seen of the northern lights. Maybe try it in some different colors?

[Tbow388]

Great job. I always mess up when trying to epoxy.

[Tj Brown]

17 hours ago, Tbow388 said:

Great job. I always mess up when trying to epoxy.

This may help. 

 

 

[TAIrving]

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]

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. 

[Scrolling Steve]

Very nice work, I am a sucker for any tree of life work!

[TAIrving]

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".  

[Gene Howe]

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. 

[Tj Brown]

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