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hect0r
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Hi
I am looking for some advice on a project - I want to make a coffee table top from resin and a have a few basic questions which is the best product to do this with looking at the Fast Cast Polyurethane Casting Resin would this be suitable?
final size will be approx 3.5 to 4 cm deep & 120 cm x 60 cm and I see doing 2-3 pours to allow it dry/cure - and thinking it will need approx 25 ltr's as there will be embedded items in the resin.
Basic question - will the resin stick to a steel surface or can i use a steel bench table top to pour onto the sides will be metal bars clamped into position to give the frame size.
Once dried/cured can the resin be worked and polished - and if so with what methods materials?
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Matthieu Libeert
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So it"s not a transparant tabletop? or am I missing something?
If not transparant, it won't need to be massive, you could add a block in the middle with 2cm from top, sides.
So you just pour that volume instead of a massive block of resin.
Otherwise this could be quite an expensive project...
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well to make it more complicated yes and no - the main body would be black resin using filler to bring the cost down. With a final pour of clear resin only 2mm thick to finish the look of the table and to enable you to see the objects embedded in the resin. So a resin sandwich sort off. Un-like the picture the objects would be across the full size of the table - so would need to use a complete block of resin - so I cant just pour the middle section. Yes it will be expensive as will use a lot of resin per table.
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Coffee table project questions
hect0r
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12 Years Ago
Need to use a release agent on the table as it will bond otherwise
Jack.Strong
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12 Years Ago
you'd certenly need a release agent. May I ask you why you'd like to use Polyurethane? doesn't seem...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
I hadconsidereda clearcasting-resinthe type used in castingjewelleryand the type you see used on...
hect0r
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12 Years Ago
So it"s not a transparant tabletop? or am I missing something? If not transparant, it won't need to...
matthieutje65
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12 Years Ago
well to make it more complicated yes and no - the main body would be black resin using filler to...
hect0r
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