Filling Large Voids With Epoxy and Spilling It All Over The Floor 

Link to the tape down below huh..? Well I sure didn’t find it!

Although I'm doing nothing to the scale of what you're doing. I'm getting some very good information on pouring. Thanks for your time. Awesome piece

James, regardless of the epoxy leakage and cost, just remember your creating a beautiful priceless work of art ! This is going to be a really impressive dining table.

Looking good James, can't wait to see the final product. Thumbs up.

Looking Good James. Always appreciative when people show their errors. Certainly not every project goes perfectly to plan.

Arghhh sorry to see that happened. I really enjoy your calm nature, presenting style and honesty! Also, the simplicity of your router sledge design is fantastic. Every other one I’ve seen involves cutting out complex shapes!!!

Incredible video! Tons of helpful hints on dealing with big holes and irregular edges with the epoxy pour.

It's actually nice to see real world problems show up. Good video. Thanks.

Amazing video and very detailed tutorial ❤

My first ever project using epoxy resin was yesterday. My husband was cutting up a fallen black walnut and decided to try making me a bench out of a nice straight portion. The 2 pieces to be the “legs” he’d initially cut out a shelf with back. In so doing, it created accidental slots in the end of each log leg. I researched epoxy resin to fill the slots and we gave it our first try yesterday. I did use a deep pour epoxy that was 2:1 and we used duct tape to the dam the sides of the logs. But there was enough depth (2-4” and maybe close to 6” depth at deepest) and width (about 8” wide and cut was 1/4”) that it started seeping out of the bottom of the duct tape. The smaller one didn’t leak at first (maybe it was still being absorbed by the wood?). But later it also leaked mostly out 😭. Only one void stayed full; the one that didn’t have any exit holes on the side of the log. I’ve seen some videos where people will wait 15 min after mixing to start pouring. But your mention of this kind of epoxy being so liquidy makes me wonder if that would help much with the long set up time? Would it have been better to pour just a little and take more days to fill the entire voids? This bench will live outside and these deep pours were for the purpose of preventing rotting form moisture. They’ll be covered with the seat of the bench. But I’m not sure if it’s worth trying again today with more material now that the insides of the voids are at least coated in the epoxy. Thank you for showing your process and the fail, so we can be encouraged not to give up.

It’s been a while. I am so far behind with all of your videos, but I wanted to let you know that you’re still my #1 source for information And are as awesome as ever. Nice to see wifey joining in on the fun. Can’t wait to see the little rugrats on the channel also. As always, have a wonderful day!!!! #HeyThatsMyLine

I just know this is going to be work of art. As a side note. I'm also a runner and I listen to books while working. So is/does my nephew (a professional carpenter). I wonder if it's woodworker thing. Thanks, James. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Very cool. I learned a lot. Your explanation is concise and clear... Just like the epoxy!

Shop looks so cozy. My kind of thing.

I have done simular jobs with epoxy and the way I was taught was to use MDF with wax paper glued to it for a backer using double stick and hot glue. Good luck on the rest of your project.

Haha this is by far the funniest title i read in a loooong time. Especially because exactly this happened a few weeks ago to me....since then i always cover the whole slap in a watertight box and then pour the wholes in there

I'm glad I'm not the only one who leaks epoxy once in a while. Lol man is it a buzz kill though.

Love your videos

I had a guy come to help me with my first ecopoxy pour and had a similar experience even though he has done a lot of these.. Not rejoicing in your situation but have to admit I felt a bit better knowing that I am not alone. I learn pretty fast when it is costing me money to make the same mistake more than once. Beautiful work on your part though , I am inspired.

really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing

Congratulations on your newly renovated basement floor!

I use dry sesame seeds, poured into the irregular crack, then poured into a meausuring bowl to very accurately figure volume of epoxy to be used.

Not sure that's such a happy little tree anymore! The way that slab is shaped always puts me in mind of a coast line. Inset in the epoxy I'd love to see a galleon 'anchored' off shore in the sea of blue, with a couple of row boats, one en route, one beached with explorers climbing up from it to the table top. Perhaps that's just the 12 year old boy in me speaking.

Nice project, sorry about the leak!

The Bob Ross of woodworking!

Oh and.i hate grammar nazis but I got tickled with the “..more longer...” but you be your James, Your being human and not looking for perfection outlook is one of the reasons I love watching you work

As an extra barrier, you could try double sided tape near the epoxy edge to connect the 6 mil plastic to the wood. Then tape it as you did. Have you tried Chill Epoxy?

Great video !

Love that comment “It’s you world make it what you want”

The great epoxy escape! I wonder if you were to coat the whole underside with a thin layer of plaster of paris if that would be thick enough to stay out of the holes and give a good seal.

Another brilliant video James. Looking forward to the next episode! Did you consider joining the slabs before epoxy or would they be way too heavy to work with?

You actually explain what you're doing, finally an actual tutorial. I have a long wood stump with a crack going along the entire side. I've already sanded the top and sides I'm wondering if I put it upside down, use the matte tape on the top and on the sides (the opening St it's widest is 3/4 in wide, I don't know if the tape will stay and be self contained. Maybe reinforce with duct tape on the sides?

Happy little world!

Another lesson hard learned... test your tapes ability to hold back epoxy. Last week I tried to cheap out and used house brand painters tape for a pour.... within minutes it just dissolved the adhesive on the tape and went everywhere.

Kudos for the Bob Ross quote

Superb!! Love the colour... I’m curious about the smaller fills. You mentioned that because its watery it seeps further in the wood. I see that there’s a lot of epoxy on the top surrounding the smaller fills. In my experience working with epoxy this will create a difference in the end finish. Do you expect to remove all of what was sitting on top while thicknessing? Or will you do a full epoxy top coat maybe? Just curious.. splendid job James, sucks about the spill..

Did you consider using something like spray adhesive to hold the plastic to the surface? Great adventure you're taking us on James, thanks.

1:46 "I have some cracks I'm gonna fill in, butt holes I wanna fill in..." I was like WHAT?! I saw what you did there James! LOL

Great video, so clear. I have a small scale model of a room, made in MDF 61 x 58 cms. I want to flood it to a depth of 5 cms for a video I'm making. I'm planning to use the mat tape around the edges and plastic sheeting on the floor area also taped in place. Do you think the eco epoxy would work in this project - water would probably be too fluid. Thank you. Marie

Very cool except for the leak. That’s going to be so awesome when the boards are filled and buffed out.

I genuinely felt for you when it went wrong.

Great work and an encouragement for me to try new things. Do all Ecopoxy types require half the hardener to resin ratio? Thanks

I saw the puns regarding your last name coming, I DID SEE THAT COMING! (still can't help laughing!)

So I have a question. I'm planning to make a pouring on a live edge table and I'm thinking about which side to put on bottom. Bottom side or top side? The thing is that bottom side is more flat and it will help me with sealing the bottom part which has 2 big holes. I'm thinking if the resin will be absorbed by wood and the level starts dropping. Also I have sealed the surrounding walls for pouring. I'd really like your input.

Thank you for your tips!! So I'm thinking about doing it with layers of packing tape and also add in between white silicone(used in the bathroom usually). I want to put silicone around a big hole on the slab, and then cover it with packing tape, and then turn it over to fill it with resin. Do you think it's going to work?

I read the title, then was anxious watching the whole thing...

At least now you have a reason to remake your flooring ;)

As we were fond of saying in the Navy, "shit happens." You learn from your experiences, and I'm learning as well As you were laying down the tape, I thought that you might get better bonding to the wood if you ran over it with a heat gun to soften the stickum and then pressed it down with a veneer or wallpaper roller. You now have an opportunity to show how you intend to clean up the spilled epoxy, both on the wood slab and on the floor. For the floor, can I suggest you go straight for the power tools and rent a floor sander. I saw you flatten your floors upstairs by hand. If anyone wants to see that, they can look in your backcatalogue. Thanx for dealing with this. Hopefully, now that I've seen this, it'll never happen to me.

Solid Bob Ross reference

Is there a follow up to this? I’d love to see the final product but can’t seem to find it on your channel. Thanks.

Hey, James. Your comments on your work at about 2-3 minutes reminds me of, Bob Ross! Maybe you could've called this episode, "The Joy of Ecopoxy resin"! :-)

Look at it this way now you have a nice epoxy coating on your floor.

I think a large sheet of MDF fixed to the full underside with silicon sealant is an awful lot quicker, cheaper and effective than taping and covering with flexible plastic. Nonetheless I love these videos and this channel :)

Thank you for your videos ,do you knows if a cedar slab works to do epoxy or have you done using cedar wood?

Well, at least it leaked onto the floor and not all over your workbench!

Hey James what was your process after the leak on the wood slab? Did you wait for it to harden then cleaned the spill on the slab and retapped? Curious as have a similar issue. Thanks!

Oh you poor thing! I would hate to have to get that off the floor... Oh my word. I am kind of wondering why you didn't put the straight edges on the outside and the voids on the inside, creating a square table where you can just pour it all at once?

I've recently tried my hand at using epoxy to fill voids, and had the same run out problem on a test piece. I used foil tape, and I think the adhesive just wasn't strong enough. I planned to try tuck tape instead, but will give the mat tape a try too. I also experienced the drop in level from the wood absorbing thin epoxy. I've seen some builders recommend pre-coating inside edges with a thin coat of epoxy before a pour, to stop the wood from absorbing the thin deep pour epoxy. Have you tried that before? I'm not sure if it's an extra step that's worth doing.

Argh. I feel your pain. Though as you say, at least it didn't glue your tabletop to the floor; that would have been a _real_ catastrophe!

I have a question about making a epoxy counter top. The Seconds and Surplus store has a MDF laminate counter top that is 12ft and they are selling it for $49. I need an 80 inch kitchen counter top and I hate MDF but, I am trying to find a video or find out if it is possible to seal the bottom of a laminate counter top by using a wood filler or even gluing another maybe 1/4 inch plywood on the bottom of it so I could epoxy the top and the bottom of the counter top? The one in I have not that I need to replace is rotting out underneath and I do not just want to do a top side epoxy counter top. All of the videos that I see show only doing the top side of a counter top. Please advise

I did the same thing this week. One tiny pin hole on my caulk and 8L of ecopoxy on my floor over night!!! Ugh!!!

Hope you have a good ballpoint hammer. That's the only way I've removed epoxy from a floor. Spent 18 hours doing that on a room the size of your shop.

Wudda big Wong

Would big sheets of contact paper work to span all the voids?

Did you tape the bottom and fromfill the top?? I have a round piece to fill middle.

I missed which part you used the West Systems epoxy on. Was it the first pour of ¼ inch of the blue?

Maybe cover the entire underside with the mat-tape then plastic, a sheet of luan, then tape all the edges again? Wonder if the clogs will get better traction with the epoxy floor? Dip the clogs in the spill and place the leather on the clogs if the spill hasn't set up yet? Silver linings, James. Not really catching the transparency of the ecopoxy on camera.

Is bed frame necessary?

You say that sheathing tape will work (Tyvek). It won’t adhere to the stick part of it correct?

How much epoxy did u use for both voids?? I am trying to figure out how much I need I have 1.3 gallons of total boat deep pour and my void is about both of these together

Still it is going well. Wouldnt it be possbile to screw boards on the bottem to make sure the tape and plastick are tight to the bottem?.

Nice project, what kind of wood is it?

Would have using water as a test to see if everything is sealed would have been a good idea?

Just a tip: With that sparker, hold it away from your project. Pieces of flint can end up in your project.

Some people pay big bucks to get their shop floors epoxy coated.

I don’t know what scares me more ,you using power tools or you using apoxy 😮😢😂no I love it same as usual 😊

did you determine the cause of the leak? poor tape seam? hole?

River flooring.

What kind of tape is this? Can I use sheeting tape?

If I pour Epoxy directly onto the sticky side of the mat tape, will it stick to the tape when I remove it?

Where do you buy your epoxy?

4:11 foreshadowing

Epoxy sure is expensive. How long is the shelf life after it’s been opened?

At least the slow set allowed you to get the board off the floor. Otherwise the title would be 'my new wood flooring'

I hear the leaks get worse the older you get.

ya there would have been a steady stream of my dads slow swearing if i found that on my floor lol. So in regards to the bottom layer, what is the reason for using it to get the color instead of the eco? the consistency or more just wanting to try out a couple things before hand?

Guess there’s no sense in crying over spilt epoxy. So, looks like a nice start on the epoxy floor, what color will be next?

"When Things Go Wong" ...

do you consider an "air hose" a power tool?

The great flood of 2018

Guess the mat tape didn't work as well as you thought?

Hot glue gun works great for those seems

*across not acrost

At around 10 minutes you mention that the bigger voids will put more pressure on the tape/plastic? It may seem counterintuitive but pressure depends only on depth and not on the area of the pour. So whether it's a small hole or a huge void, if you're filling the full thickness it will be the same pressure. The larger voids do have more weight of liquid epoxy in them so if for some reason you didn't have the slab flat on your bench you'd need to support it some other way, and they have more epoxy in them to spill onto your floor, but in terms of pressure working its way around your tape seal the small holes and large voids need the same attention.

you are going from imperial to metric and back again , standardize