Pour sand over the tan area of your board, following the curvy shoreline you created with your paint. Tip: Be sure to leave some extra clear resin!!!ģ. Divide resin out between cups for the three increasingly darker blues (large cups), sand (large cup) and white (small cup) and mix in pigments. Mix resin according to the instructions on the bottles.Ģ. If you'd like to watch the resin pour in the video, you can find it at 5:30.ġ. Gather the following materials: resin, 3 blue pigments, one white pigment, sand, mixing cups, mixing sticks, heat gun and torch. As this is a big pour and resin has variable working times, you'll want to be sure to consult your bottles for how long you have before it starts to cure (or "kick") so you'll know how quickly (or not) you'll need to work. Now is the time for the big pour! Since this will be a tabletop, we needed to pour the ocean all in one session, otherwise we would have had unevenness. Let sit for the time indicated on your bottles (ours was 4 hours between pours). Tip: Ensure that every inch of your board is covered.Ĩ. Use a trowel or heat gun to move resin across board, if needed. Pour a layer of clear resin over the entire board. Mix resin according to the directions on your resin bottles.ĥ. Be sure to level your coffee table top before you start pouring.Ĥ. This will make it easier to get rid of the drips after the table top is cured.ģ. Put Tyvek tape on the underside of your coffee table top. Tip: Using a cardboard box and drop cloth, we created a "boat" to catch all the extra resin in, as our table wasn't long enough for the entire pour.Ģ. Resin is messy and hard to get off once cured! Cover your floors and tables with drop cloths and tarps. Gather the following materials: drop cloths, gloves, coffee table, Tyvek tape, resin, heat gun, torch, mixing cups and sticks.ġ. The seal coat, which we'll be pouring in this step, helps ensure that air doesn't come up through the board during your main pour. With that, we moved this project from the workshop to the dining room before we started to pour.
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We used Pro Marine, which requires a stable temperature for it to cure properly. Resin is very finicky, so you'll want to be sure that you follow the instructions on your resin.
:)Īffiliate Notification We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. We're just referring to it throughout as "resin," so we wanted to be sure to highlight the difference. There many kinds of resins, so be sure to pick the right kind for your project. Note: This entire pour was done with a Countertop Epoxy Resin, not a Casting Resin.
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