A neighbor of mine built a coffee table.
He set items inside the top of the table and poured cans of epoxy to seal the items and give him his finished top (I’d say its a sold 3/8″ thick)
He did it in a couple applications. IE pour a layer let dry, then another etc.
Well the last layer was applied, and an area about the size of a bathroom dixie cup never hardened. Kind of stayed semi-gooey and tacky.
Any idea’s for correcting this area without destroying the overall job?
The table actually looks pretty good, nice and clear, you can read all the stuff embedded in the epoxy
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“I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that’s all the ammunition they had” -Sheriff G. Judd.”
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My guess -
Dissolve and wipe away the uncured epoxy in the spot using acetone or lacquer thinner. This will be a messy job and will require copious quantities of solvent and terry cloth rags.
Rub a small amount of hardener on the remaining surface of the spot. Wipe off any residue.
Prepare a batch of replacement epoxy and fill the spot.
Edited 11/27/2009 1:55 pm ET by Mike_Mills
Might try just rubbing some hardener on the spot and letting it set for a few days.
sound like poly instead of expoxy
He said "epoxy", but if I were doing it I'd have looked for "bar topping" -- a poly resin designed for coating bars and tables. (Though I haven't seen it anywhere recently.)Anyway, sounds like the material either wasn't mixed thoroughly, or some other substance got into the mix or on the coated surface.
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That was my first suggestion. Whats the worst that can happen, right?I will offer the suggestion thought with the acetone and cleanup job. This may actually give a better "finished" job. But he's lazy.Thanks
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"I suspect the only reason 110 rounds was all that was fired was that's all the ammunition they had"
-Sheriff G. Judd."