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We hope your pour went smoothly! Happy this video helped!

@@TotalBoat it did! The wife and I did it together. It was easier than I expected. Ended up with about 3/16” depth. The dam held and released easily only dripped through in one endcap area where I didn’t seal well. Easily fixed with some HVAC tape. Wrapped the dam with packing tape. Did 2 pours 4 to 5 hours apart. No soft spots so mixing was good. Used your procedure. Moved epoxy around with total boats serrated spreaders. Only thing I did not do was stipple with a brush. Used heat guns extensively so no woodwork would be damaged. Most all bubbles popped. Did end up with several areas of micro bubbles. That was a bummer. I guess using the stippling procedure would have helped that. The epoxy was difficult to get over the edge between the tabletop and wall. Ended up with an entire area where it did not go over edge enough to fill gap but you’ll never see it. Was going to mix another batch and use cake decorating bag to guide it in the crack but as I said, not viewable. Was able to fill all the spaces along the slatwall edge and the exposed wall on the desk wing section. The epoxy did climb more than I expected up the dam making it necessary to sand flush. I was never able to bring to top back to the cured sheen but I got close. Had to hand polish many areas due to the walls and wood coming up through the pour to support shelves. It looks really good! We learned a lot and I have enough left over to do some shelves I’m building. Wish I had some time to do some test pores so I could’ve avoided some of the issues I encountered, but you have to look real close to see the defects and I’m very satisfied. Drilling holes for cables to come through was also very easy through the epoxy and wood top. If I had to do it over again, I would’ve epoxy the top before installation and avoided most every issue.

@@VmanJeff Hey Jeff- so happy to hear it was an overall good experience! We definitely recommend starting small or doing some test pours first as it's inevitable to have issues arise, happens to the best of us! You'll be a pro in no time ;)

The tabletop epoxy is durable and scratch resistant, and can easily be recoated if it does get dinged up over time!

To seal wood, we would recommend our Penetrating Epoxy. This epoxy has a very thin viscosity so it can penetrate and seal the wood. For a flood coat, we recommend our TableTop Epoxy.

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Hope your first experience went well!

We can always count on Lucas!! Thanks for watching

Applying the epoxy as the first layer will really seal the wood and protect it from moisture and the elements. The varnish on top will add that depth of gloss and accent the grain and the UV in the varnish will protect it from UV rays which will try to break down the epoxy (and the finish! that's why you have to maintain the varnish, too, over time!)

Hey there! Check out our epoxy calculator on the website! www.totalboat.com/pages/epoxy-calculator

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If you would like to stain wood before applying epoxy, the stain needs to be water-based. Epoxy will not adhere to oil-based stains but does adhere to some water-based ones. We always recommend performing a test first to make sure the stain is compatible with the epoxy.

You can seal the wood first with a thin coat of epoxy before doing the flood coat!

@@TotalBoatdoes the epoxy have to be applied directly to the bare wood or can i use a stain or other product to make the grain more vivid?