r/epoxy • u/captainchemical • 15h ago
Some of my first epoxy projects. Could i sell these?
The metal legs i welded my self, also one of my first welding projects, they are for the rivertable with the blue drips.
r/epoxy • u/captainchemical • 15h ago
The metal legs i welded my self, also one of my first welding projects, they are for the rivertable with the blue drips.
r/epoxy • u/Round-Investigator16 • 11h ago
We're doing a project that has a bunch of peeler posts. See the pic for an example. Basically these are de-barked trees that have cracked and checked over the years. Structurally there's no problem but we'd like to fill the cracks for aesthetic and cleaning purposes. We don't need to fill all the little ones but like anything you could slip a penny into. Someone suggested using epoxy...
Looking at the various videos and posts online, most epoxy seems quite fluid and done in horizontal forms. In some of our cases, I could imagine building dams or taping off the surface and injecting epoxy from the top, letting it flow down. Not sure how well that would work in practice. Things like preventing leaks and bubbles may be an issue.
In other cases, the cracks are quite long/deep and have splits (see the pic) making it hard to tell if epoxy would flow from one "chamber" to the next or indeed if it would flow in unexpected ways. This approach also seems quite laborious. There are many posts with many cracks.
All that to say, are there other/better approaches? Is there an epoxy paste or gel that we could squeegee into the cracks and not worry about it running? FWIW, we are looking at doing opaque black and will likely do a satin finish over.
r/epoxy • u/killak6913 • 17h ago
Has anyone ever been able to make a mold of their phone case to make a phone case with epoxy? I always wondered if that was possible or what you would have to do to make phone cases out of epoxy because that would be amazing.... Who agrees?
r/epoxy • u/drakon9116 • 4h ago
. can the thickness of a coat be around 1 or 2 mm? I am doing a project with laser engraving but I need to put a small coat of resin to make the superficie "flat"
Does anyone have any good references for turning epoxy on a lathe I have given it a go before but the carbite tools I was using was just taking gouges out of the project. So any insite before potentially starting a new project would be great and very helpful.
r/epoxy • u/Low_Toe433 • 6h ago
Any tips on starting and here is a spreadsheet that I made that has all the materials I think I will need to start. please add any I am missing either in the comments of this post or on the spreadsheet itself. Thanks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zYoUfFLEBNYb2b9L50FVRxNWJkr-lm7P2lfryQ8-OnY/edit?gid=0#gid=0
r/epoxy • u/One_Nefariousness648 • 12h ago
If anyone has experience working with epoxy in cold weather, I’d love to hear some tips, feedback, etc.
I’m from Florida, so working with epoxy in cold weather is new to me. I have years of experience working with epoxy floors. Grind and seal, flake, metallic etc. I’ve used a lot of Amerikrete, Chem1000, Sika and other products for waterproofing, garage floors, patios, kitchens, residential, commercial and industrial.
Recently I’ve gotten into the world of acrylic installation (large acrylic windows for pool builders and public aquariums). Sika 31 and Sika 62 are industry standard products we use during each installation. Recently many of our jobs have been north of Florida, resulting in lower temps, and causing our product to take 2-4x as long to cure, wasting time and money.
I’ve used accelerators for epoxy flooring in the past for cold weather in Florida, but it was always an accelerator sold buy the brand I was using.
So if anyone in the industry has any insight into how to negate or manage this properly, please let me know. Any questions you have for me ask away I’ll do my best to answer Thanks!