Coating curved wood


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Hi there, I'm looking to coat some wooden pieces from a car I'm restoring. I've watched a bunch of tutorials using epoxy to get a glass like finish on wooden table tops and your own penny floor one. Is it possible to get the same finish on wood that's not flat / has compound curves etc? if so what resin would be best and what's the best way to apply it?

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stog - 3/28/2018 5:18:50 PM
Hi there, I'm looking to coat some wooden pieces from a car I'm restoring. I've watched a bunch of tutorials using epoxy to get a glass like finish on wooden table tops and your own penny floor one. Is it possible to get the same finish on wood that's not flat / has compound curves etc? if so what resin would be best and what's the best way to apply it?

Thanks.

Epoxy resins are great for self levelling a doing table tops like that but if you try this on a shape then it will just run easily leaving puddles and thin areas. Epoxy also has no UV resilience and will dull with time. 
In boats we use the epoxy resins really thin to wet the wood so that it soaks in and stabilizes it, it also protects from water damage if the wood gets any small damage.
So brush coats to seal the wood, coat, sand and coat again. Sand back smooth and carry on with automotive two pack clear paints, cut and polish if needed.






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On curved pieces you can still get a great effect, however you need to be a bit more patient as you can only build up thin layers so you will need to apply several thin layers of resin (much like carbon skinning) then once the build up is thick enough, allow it to fully cure and then you can wet sand it and polish to get a nice smooth high gloss finish like you would on a flatter piece of wood.


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Thanks for the help guys, which resin would you recommend?
Fasta that piece looks great, just the look I'm after Smile
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For brush application I would go for our XCR coating epoxy.  which is the same resin we use in our skinning kits and basically the same technique too.




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Great stuff Warren, thanks for the help.
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