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    What is the best type of epoxy to use for sealing/flooding table?
    “Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965

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    Most manufacturers make a clear/casting epoxy for this purpose. Regular resin will not give you the clear finish you are looking for when used for flooding.

    Now for just a skim coat to seal regular epoxy will work.


    I have had luck with the totalboat line as well Leaptech (SC)

    https://www.jamestowndistributors.co...-detail/336377
    https://www.carbonfiberglass.com/Res...-casting-resin

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    Youre looking for wood epoxy i think, Mann Tool has a selection in stock.

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    I do a lot of epoxy work. This is all I use now https://promarinesupplies.com/crysta...wood-tabletop/

    Same for seal/flood coat. I’ve tried others but always go back to pro marine. Order on Amazon or direct as sometimes they will have sales
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    I just shot 3 coats of pre-cat lacquer on a cherry table top last night.
    I was after a slick glass high gloss look
    Came out beautiful.

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    Nice job there, Rick.
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    This was before the last coat was sprayed and without the 2 leafs in.
    The pics don't do it justice, I like the hardness, gloss and durability of high build lacquer on a table.
    Tricky to spray but setting up the gun properly (tip size, psi, air and material mix, etc) is the key
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    I did my island myself if you want to come to the house and check it out.

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    Nice tables fellas.

    I have an HVLP gun and have sprayed lacquer. Have any of y'all tried the brushable lacquer? In a gloss you won't get the sheen on the above pic, but in semi-gloss and matte, it is a viable alternative for those that don't have a sprayer or even just don't want to mess with the fumes. I have even played around with adding stain to it to tint it and that seemed to hold up pretty well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Birddawg View Post
    Nice tables fellas.
    I have even played around with adding stain to it to tint it and that seemed to hold up pretty well.
    The first coat I sprayed on was a "toner" coat, I added about a 1/2 oz. of the cherry stain I used on the table into the hopper of the spray gun, then the next coats were clear.
    The toner coat evens out the color of the stained wood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dhall1693 View Post
    I did my island myself if you want to come to the house and check it out.

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    Will have to do that. May get you to help me with mine. Going to do a counter height bar table with some cherry slabs I got!! Going to use the end pieces to make some end tables.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ElCidRocker View Post
    I do a lot of epoxy work. This is all I use now https://promarinesupplies.com/crysta...wood-tabletop/

    Same for seal/flood coat. I’ve tried others but always go back to pro marine. Order on Amazon or direct as sometimes they will have sales
    I have been looking at this one. Using this just to do the middle like a river table..…
    Thanks fellas
    “Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965

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    Not perfect by any means but not to bad for working off my front porch and truck bed!
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    Very nice!

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    Sweet

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