Dave Sikorski
Well-known member
My sister bought an old POS table at a flea market w/ a bench for pocket change.
It has some grooves along the edges that keep catching crumbs. She has a 5 yr old, 3 yr old and is due with #3 anytime now, so this is simply a utility table to get her through the kid years until she can buy something that might not get ruined.
So, I had some Raka epoxy laying around from building my kara a decade ago and thought I could coat the table and get a decent kid proof finish on it that didn't look too bad, and covered the cracks.
I've now covered the cracks, but the thickness of the epoxy didn't allow me to spread it as smooth as I wanted.
I'm thinking that I should sand down the imperfections and brush marks with a palm sander and progressively higher grits of sandpaper, then clean with acetone and finish with some sort of sealer/poly/varnish.
Thoughts?
I don't know how many more days I'll have before I get an angry call from the sis!
Thanks,
-D
It has some grooves along the edges that keep catching crumbs. She has a 5 yr old, 3 yr old and is due with #3 anytime now, so this is simply a utility table to get her through the kid years until she can buy something that might not get ruined.
So, I had some Raka epoxy laying around from building my kara a decade ago and thought I could coat the table and get a decent kid proof finish on it that didn't look too bad, and covered the cracks.
I've now covered the cracks, but the thickness of the epoxy didn't allow me to spread it as smooth as I wanted.
I'm thinking that I should sand down the imperfections and brush marks with a palm sander and progressively higher grits of sandpaper, then clean with acetone and finish with some sort of sealer/poly/varnish.
Thoughts?
I don't know how many more days I'll have before I get an angry call from the sis!
Thanks,
-D