How to Make a River Table, Bar or Showerpan with Epoxy Resin 

If the epoxy is 'self-leveling', then how do you maintain a slope within the shower pan? I've been considering doing this project but don't want to end up with a level surface (that will not drain properly).

This is the only source I've found on making your own shower pan. I am grateful, thank you

I've got a travel trailer that I want to renovate entirely and the bathroom is first thing. This idea is spot on. The base for the shower is very similar to yours, odd shape. I also want to drop the floor a few inches below the original floor which will require some planning because the holding tank is underneath. I'd like to incorporate a slab of tree trunk like they are using for the tables . It'll take some time, not a quick project but it looks awesome in my mind right now. Hopefully I'll do a video of it and I'm open to any ideas on this. Thanks for sharing your video that has inspired me to do this.

This was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you so much!

My boyfriend and I are definitely making our own! This is so dope!

This turned out beautiful!

Wow looks gorgeous at the end. Kitchen rubber spatulas work well to mix up small amounts of epoxy!! You can re use by peeling off the old epoxy. The spatula is great for scraping everything out too. I definitely need the drill mixer too.

an artist. .good work..

That’s really a great project I can do. Thanks for the tips

What a cool effect - I absolutely love what you've done! Thank you so much for the tutorial, which explains the step-by-step process so clearly!

This is awesome. Thanks a lot for sharing. Perfect solution to some of my DIY

This is inspired! Appreciate you sharing it with us. You've solved a problem I had. I was looking for a way to get a copper shower pan - they cost about £3000 here in London. So instead I will use your method and very cheap copper leaf then a coat of resin! Genius

Freaking Fantastic!! Thanks for the clear and easy to understand video!!

Great idea for my kitchen counter. Thanks.

Great job!

Very cool!! This confirms my idea is possible so thank you so much! I have a small bathroom alcove with an odd size that won't fit a standard tub and it will cost over 700 dollars to get a fiberglass tub that will fit. I always shower so going to just do away with the tub and change it to a shower only. I can customize this to the colors in my bathroom floor - marbled gray, white, and silver shades. :D I just rebuilt that bathroom from floor up so have some leftover close to marine grade plywood and 2x4s that I can use for the shower pan. :D - Heidi

I feel I love you, thank you for the great video!

wow cool, I would like to do a bathroom counter top also

Awesome job. I'm looking at installing an led river epoxy floor from my toilet to my walk-in shower. You definitely have me not only an idea but confidence that it'll work. I'd love to record the process, but I'm so terrible at it. I usually forget to record a step and end up showing just before and after, Smh! 😮😅

That's awesome.

thank you!

EXACTLY what I needed to learn, thank you very much. 👍

That is awesome!!!!! Thanks so much for a straight forward instructional video about this. So many are just a bunch of blah, blah blah without really providing much of the knowledge that I came for. Yours is great, AND I might just go with the exact idea you did. It is great! Did you do any type of slant framing underneath?

Great videos. I'm looking to do a shower pan in a cargo conversion camper. How well does the epoxy do on a slope shower pan. & how would you instal over kerdi membrane

Awesome idea and the tutorial I was looking for to build out my shower in my van. But How did you do the slope to the drain?

When it gets wet is it slippery? Great video!! Thank you!!

Awesome project! How's it holding up years later? any updates?

Amazing

Yes the only on I've seen as well. I'd like to know what you used to frame in your correlated metal? It's like a black frame that fits snugly to the correlated. I'm wanting to do the epoxy shower pan with the correlated shower walls. Also info on you drain kit that you used with this?

How is your shower pan holding up looks great.

Thank you for this video. I have a problem with my newly built tile shower floor. My Contractror didn’t slope it properly, there is standing water on one side of the corner. Can I use this epoxy to raise the floor little bit, so the water drains properly. Please advise. Thanks!

Great design, how did you waterproof it?

Great video.. I am trying use epoxy in showers. We removed bathtubs form an old motel that we are renovating. Like to use epoxy on concrete floor of the shower. Would you recommend any particular epoxy? I have purchased Extreme Resin to try out. Received without any instructions. If you help, I would greatly appreciate... Thank you.

Did you get that black rubber that’s going around the edge where are your galvanized sheeting going into the pan from where you got the Galvanized decking?

What is the black stuff at bottom that you used to seal wall to floor?

How well did the epoxy stick to the vertical sides?? Thanks.

Looks amazing but i have questions please. Does the Epoxy crack from standing weight or from the twising of the trailer frame. Also did the epoxy want to peel due to the paint layer first applied. Great work!!

I've seen DIY shower bases on other channels that used fibreglass too. What would the reasons be to use or not use fibreglass?

I would use pebbles for grip or some kind of rough uneven under surface anything. Have you slipped or anyone.

Can I use this method on small tiles floor for shower to seal totally the floor ?

Can you add led lights to light up the shower floor even if only 1/8 thick

Can I do the same in a corner tub I would like to use fluorescent sand and shells to make it look like the ocean floor. How about using an led strip that connects with USB to a power bank?

What about sloping the shower pan... local building codes required a .25" drop per 1 foot to ensure water runs towards the drain. Thoughts on this if Epoxy is self-leveling?

I agree with @sacllywig, How do I do a slope for drainage?

How well is it holding up?

Nice work but shower pans need a slope otherwise you will get flat water and they wont dry. The Epoxy will level out. Is there a way to let the epoxy get more viscous so it can be slopped?

Hi I am doing a shower pan 24x52 I like to make it look like a river bed Any thoughts

Hey Jason, I am working on a trailer conversion at the moment and the shower pan is my next step. what thickness plywood did you use, and what type floor drain was used, one for a fiberglass pan??? Thanks for all the information, I have enjoyed watching all your videos.

I have an existing shower where hard water has eaten away some of the terrazzo like surface and so water pools and can mold. Can I use the epoxy to level those areas (just a clear epoxy?)..and the shower plan slopes, so how does one keep the epoxy from leveling the areas flat (silly question, I'm ignorant, sorry). Thanks so much in advance!

Is there a way to create a slope for drainage?

and how does the water drain, have you given the slope?

pretty cool, it's funny, I come here for exactly the same reason you built one, and my shower pan shape looks almost the same. Super custom weird shape, impossible to find a pre-made pan... so curious, you didn't design in any slope to help the water drain?

How much does a shower tray like that weigh when it's done?

Is the surface slippery ? How can we Matt finish ? Can we do this on a faded old shower tray ?

A year later, how is the finish holding up? Any leaks? What do you use to clean the shower and does it effect the finish? Thanks for your information!

can you put pebbles on top of apoxy?

I was wondering if you think i would be able to use a clear epoxy over my existing shower that already has a rock bed installed. Since it hurt my feet, but i want to keep the look of it.

Great video!!! How do you do the slope to the drain?

Great project! Did you use anything to seal the wood seams other than the brushed on epoxy?

Thanks for the great video! This is a lovely idea! I'm wondering about the durability of epoxy with water and humidity of shower. Does it get molds or crack or anything as time goes?

Nicely done. I would like to try this in my mothers master bath but I'm concerned about the fumes. At the end of your video you mentioned that the epoxy would mask the spray paint fumes. Does this mean that the fumes of the epoxy are fairly tolerable?

How slippery is it to actually stand & shower in?

Hello Jason, What kind of material you use at the bottom of the metal corrugated panel and the wood shower pan?

Make a video with a walk through shower epoxy floor with like moss covered stones and like make it look like there's a stream running through the shower floor

I am planning on building a custom shower pan in a motorhome I am renovating. I came across this video and I see it was done 2 years ago. I am wondering how it has held up over time. I'm considering a little bit more involved project that will incorporate fiberglass cloth being laid over the entire thing as I will be building it to slope towards the drain and incorporating a seat over a wheel well. I would love to know how this has held up to use in the past couple years. It looks great!

what about the slope ... how do you get the slope?

Does the epoxy smell ever go away?

Is it slippery to walk on?

Hi Jason - I found you because I have a shower with a stained plastic floor that I cannot get clean. I have tried everything, so I thought I would just paint something fun and epoxy it. However, i was surprised you didn't discuss in your video making it non-slip. I did see two comments address that & your response - but why didn't it come up from the beginning when you did your video? Do I not need to worry about this factor? How would that gator stuff work? Thank you!

Have there been any cracks repair's sense then.

Hi Jason, What about the slipperiness of epoxy on the shower floor?

How can I make this where it’s not a slip hazard?

I've wondered if epoxy putty could make a shower pan, but this paint-on stuff seems so thin and subject to damage if the base warps.

Thanks awesome!how slippery is it when wet?

I guess the slope towards the drain isn't of any concern? There is a good chance that there will always be water puddles after every use. Maybe ok for a trailer but not a good idea for your non mobile home.

Is it slippery?

Looks really nice but if this is for a shower pan or shower floor wouldn't this be super slippery when wet ??

One question, how slippery is it or do you get that feet get wet and sticks to it effect like a finger on wet glass?

So I just have one question, I'm doing this same thing in a cargo trailer. How did you attach the drain and over come the spacing between floor and shower pan?

DUDE!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!! Is there any worry about the epoxy cracking from being stepped on?? It's not like it's a house with a solid floor. Or does epoxy have enough flex in it?? I bought a used 5th wheel, and the shower is so high that at 6,2 my head is in the skylight lol. I plan on dropping the plumbing into the cargo box and using your method to redo my shower.

Any tips on preventing a slippery-when-wet surface in the shower pan? I hate those shower mats but don’t want anyone slipping while in the shower

How well would your cargo trailer hold up somewhere far north for the winter. In your opinion.

did you put a pitch / slope towards the drain? If not is the water standing any?

Can I use this on a concrete shower floor?

If it's self leveling how do you insure water flows to the drain

How did you make a stick to the size so well

can you texture it so you don't slip in the shower? how would you do that and whatcmaterials,would you suggest?

Is the paint used a special kind(enamel, latex)?

I have to say after having built custom showers in the past I would not recommend this it looks cool but it is not a proven shower base method. I have many concerns about this to many to even mention.

I think it's beautiful, but I worry that it would be really slippery

Looks so cool, but I would never do that unless I have a death wish, as if showers weren’t slippery enough.

It's definitely cool but there no slope so you cannot do this with a household shower.

NVM I found this. Thank

this is going to be super slippery

You didn’t use fiberglass I’m assuming your structure doesn’t move. If you’re doing this in an RV you HAVE to use fiberglass or the epoxy will crack very bad. I tried. 😂

I saw this in your other video that covered the rebuild after the wreck. And both those views and these of the shower pan - the blue water looks like a whale. Am I the only one seeing that? The nose of the whale is at the drain.

I am afraid that your epoxy coat is way too thin. If it was thicker your art work would not be forced. Even two more thin coats would be good each time adding a 3D to the art you created. From the side view the surface does not seem to be smooth. Sanding between coats creates a better bond. One more thing, more accidents occur in bathroom from slick surfaces? Shower surfaces? Epoxy is glass like. Maybe my concerns are not founded. but who knows.

A BIG LOL,,,,,,,,, 4 minutes 31 seconds.....pause the video and look at this guys toenails ...............................

Great project! Did you use anything to seal the wood seams other than the brushed on epoxy?