Hardened Epoxy in Flood Coat

Those are bubbles and you would use a heat gun or torch to get them to go away while the epoxy is still a liquid.

It’s important to do a good seal coat before the flood coat. Otherwise bubbles will come up from the air trapped in pores of the wood. That may be what happened in your case.
A heat gun or torch is absolutely indespensible for the flood coat! I remember after my flood coat pour, I just hovered over the project moving a heat gun back and forth forever, zapping bubbles as they appeared.
(A better seal coat would have minimized the need for that, but not eliminated it).

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Yes, yes, yes. What John and diverlloyd said. Even if you’re just filling in small gaps. I don’t think bubbles are avoidable, period, when you’re using epoxy. You need heat to make sure they don’t mess it all up.

Another source for bubbles in epoxy is the act of stirring it when you mix it. You can eliminate some of that with a vacuum. I have a commercial chamber vacuum for food, but even a Food Saver with one of their vacuum canisters will help pull the bubbles to the surface. Just place your mixing cup in there and pull its maximum vacuum, wait 20 or 30 seconds and release the vacuum.

Another source for bubbles in epoxy is the act of stirring it when you mix it. You can eliminate some of that with a vacuum. I have a commercial chamber vacuum for food, but even a Food Saver with one of their vacuum canisters will help pull the bubbles to the surface. Just place your mixing cup in there and pull its maximum vacuum, wait 20 or 30 seconds and release the vacuum.

- Rich

DO NOT use a blender!!! Friend of mine thought this would be the best way to mix. Have no pictures of the disaster but he is still mad at me for laughing about it.

LOL

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Initially you used container and after that you used a new container and you did not get help i think you did not mix the liquid properly. And second think is, which types of Applicator you are using. You should try right wood finish applicator.May you succeed.

Moisture content is a big factor in some epoxies having bubbles when cured. ............. Jerry (in Tucson)

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Turns out a heat gun was all I needed! I thought I was getting them by using my lungs but I was wrong. Thanks for all of the feedback! What I spent hours and days and weeks trying to figure out, you guys helped me solve in a matter of minutes.

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