Project Information
There have been a lot of these tables being made, but one of the things I don't like about some of them is the loss of the view of the live edge of the slab. I wanted to make a table that incorporate both the live edge and a river look. This is made with a maple slab, ecopoxy 2:1 liquid plastic, and black diamond pigments bora bora blue. This has a layer of thicker pigmented epoxy in a lower layer and then another layer (1.25 inches) of the lighter pigmented epoxy.
For those thinking about doing one of these, pouring the epoxy isn't bad - just make sure your form is epoxy tight! The hardest part I had with this was getting a good finish on it. I've seen many people sand to 3-500 grit and then coat it with oil. That's great, but the oil doesn't stay and Rubio monocoat leaves it with a matte finish. I wanted a gloss finish so I needed to do a lot of sanding. Up to 7000 and then I used car polish for a final sanding coat
The base is mahogany for the legs and some cool shop wood I had laying around.
For those thinking about doing one of these, pouring the epoxy isn't bad - just make sure your form is epoxy tight! The hardest part I had with this was getting a good finish on it. I've seen many people sand to 3-500 grit and then coat it with oil. That's great, but the oil doesn't stay and Rubio monocoat leaves it with a matte finish. I wanted a gloss finish so I needed to do a lot of sanding. Up to 7000 and then I used car polish for a final sanding coat
The base is mahogany for the legs and some cool shop wood I had laying around.
