Hot wheels filled epoxy table with wood legs

[allen levine]

I'm going to pour first layer today
My confidence is low
My ambition is high
I set up table and made sure it's level before I pour
I have an idea because I filled in the mold with water measuring each amount to see how high it fills the mold
After I/4 inch pour I'll place hotwheels in randomly no pattern and pour another layer 1/2 inch letting each pour cure and I have my heat gun ready to warm up air bubbles

I have no clue what im doing

Let the fun Begin

 

[Jonathan Shively]

If you put a spot of CA glue between the wheels and wood top, it will stop the cars from floating to the top.

 

[allen levine]

Cars are going on bottom layer of pour
I'll need 3 pours according to product info

 

[allen levine]

Before second pour doing it in thin layers since it's a large 24 inch table
I tried to secure cars with a drop of ca glue on wheel but ca glue isn't adhering to epoxy first coat
So should I just pour something like 1/8 th inch and place cars and wait a bit then pour rest ?
I think I should have avoided this stuff
It's expensive and too much uncertainty for me

 

[steve ramsey]

check out You Tube. Lot of information out there on epoxy. Be curious to know why you didn't go with a deep pour epoxy. Also every product has a calculator to help you with the amount of material you'll need for each pour.

 

[allen levine]

This is a deep pour of epoxy but from what I understood when using a large mold and I don't know what large mold means they suggest pouring it in layers at least that's how understood the instructions with the product it states good for 2 inch depth but on smaller molds

 

[allen levine]

As I suspected only got 3/4 inch depth on 24 inch mold so after 3 days I'll do a final pour of another 3/4 inch
My plan is to build a table out of poplar so I can paint it and mount this epoxy slab on top
And that's that
I'm going back in to blow away bubbles if they come up

 

[allen levine]

And I'm done with epoxy for the rest of my life

 

[Rennie Heuer]

And I'm done with epoxy for the rest of my life

No part "B"?

 

[Darren Wright]

Looking really good!

 

[allen levine]

I'm not sure if I'll need the second gallon but anything left over I'm going to pour into a small mold with a wooden hand making a terrible gesture

 

[glenn bradley]

And I'm done with epoxy for the rest of my life

I do find it fascinating to watch people who have done this enough to become comfortable with it. When I worked in sound reinforcement I used to give my dad a heart attack carrying speaker components around like they were sacks of potatoes. Any craft yields a comfort level with the medium; ceramics, jewelry, shellac, lathe work, heavy machinery, all these things benefit from experience. I admire and enjoy watching anyone who is good at anything; gymnastics, excavator work, monster trucks, whatever. I have to thank my dad for teaching me that there is value in many things whether we are directly involved or not. I too have no love for deep pour epoxy but, appreciate those who do it well.

 

[allen levine]

Come over and visit because the only thing I'm really good at is being a grandpa

 

[allen levine]

Started
Today kills me that this is my late fall winter project and I started because I'm so far ahead of list of things to do

 

[allen levine]

I watched that table for 2 hours until it was solid enough
Checked in saturday
Sunday
Today there was a massive bubble
I have no clue that trapped air can take days
I heated it up it popped but epoxy wasn't crystal clear smooth I played with it
Good thing it's next to car so not so noticable
Did I mention I'm never using epoxy again?
Those that make those river tables god bless you I'm not willing at this late stage of life to start a new journey

I'll post pics when I pull it out of mold
I think I'm going to make a round table with legs and just glue this to it so I don't have to attempt to attach inserts to epoxy because I already know the results
Not sure if it will be painted poplar or wood grain look
It's for a little kid

 

[allen levine]

And now I'm really done fried is a better word
I got it to the point it looked ok
Some surface dust or dirt but that will be
sanded off
So I'm set up in the spare bedroom and we have the baby tomorrow so I figured while it's curing I'll start
Cleaning up
I dropped the light I was using to look for bubbles into the table
It was close to solidifying and it really caused a blemish
I tried to smooth out made it worse so I had some epoxy left started to pour over it
Let's see how bad it comes
Out
I'm going to get my Glock and go to someone's house who has property and use it as a
Target if
It's crappy
Never again

 

[allen levine]

So after dropping something into the paste like epoxy I smoothed out best I could and poured some more epoxy
A full coat might have been great but it's already too thick and too heavy
Don't want a kiddie table weighing 60 lbs with legs and wood added
So a slight skim coat came out a bit uneven and I'll see if I can sand it down close enough that I don't want to use it as target practice
Instructions say demold after a week so I'll wait
Did I mention I'm never doing a project with epoxy again especially the coats are insane
Never again at 71 I don't have to start new hobbies
You might be able to see slight rise in epoxy I poured over error
Error came out ok but I'll see how sanding goes

 

[Ted Calver]

Looks like a pretty decent pour, and sanding and polishing are going to make it look great.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

I agree with ted - looking forward to the result

 

[allen levine]

And after sitting with it for 1.5 hours like I'm putting my grandaughter to sleep I left it alone
Cleaned up the area that got mushed up by dropping something into it
Sat and heated best I could looked accwptable
But sitting all that time on YouTube videos never ever again for sure the sides of the soft mold waffled after it looked dry and solid
No YouTube video warned me about a soft mold
Not sure if it repairable without me ruining it altogether
This is what I got before sanding
Look at how the top of the sides waffled
The bottom is perfectly round
It was my intention to build a round table kid size and just glue this to the top whether I left it wood grain or used poplar to pajnt
Irrelevant now not sure how to proceed
Any realistic suggestions to try to even out the sides on top or just leave it like waves in the ocean

Urghhhhh!!!!!!

Did I mention anywhere I'm never using epoxy again?