I'm sure this has been covered before but i couldnt bring up anything useful in the search...
I've made a dining table out of a cypress pine slab and have filled all the cracks and knot holes with epoxy (west systems 105 resin with 206 slow hardener) and had grand plans of sealing the whole top with a self leveling flow coat.
After running a few small test batches i've discovered that this may be quite a challenge.
Is there any hard and fast rules about doing this?
I'm having trouble knowing how much epoxy i'm going to need as the surface tension changes depending on temperature and thus how far it will spread across the surface.
I'm not sure how much you can mix up in one batch without risk of it going off too soon, and as i'm going to need enough for 1.7 square metres (plus filling in a few low spots), i'm guessing i'll have to mix up several lots and pour it in stages before the previous stage sets.
My other main question is fiddleback, tear outs and the likes where it soaks in more or traps air, etc, is there a way of sealing them easily or minimizing the harm it does? or is basically just fill with epoxy, sand it back and go from there?
The more i persue the idea of using epoxy the more of a pain it seems to be :doh: Its a shame cos it does look really nice.