My neighbor ripped out his kitchen so I spent a few days relocating the junk cabinets into Margy's garden shed. As it didn't come with a countertop, I just got a dozen two by fours, ran them through the jointer and glued them up.
While I was poking around Lowe's looking for something to finish it with, I spotted the box of FamoWood Glaze Coat two-part epoxy. I originally was just going to use the West stuff I use for the boat but my hardener has turned brown (doesn't impair function but won't dry clear). I always wanted to try this stuff and I figure, no problem if I screw it up in the garden shed.
After sanding it down to 320 grit, I coated it (as recommended) with some water-based minwax poly. Then I mixed up the stuff which takes 12 minutes of stirring. With great trepidation I poured the stuff out on the countertop and started spreading it around with a plastic paint putty knife (what they show in the picture). It actually wasn't that bad. They say to attack any bubbles with a torch and again, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was gong to be. The biggest problem is spotting them given the poor lighting in shed. But I figure that works in my favor if I missed any.
All in all, not too hard. I'll see what it looks like tomorrow after it sets up.
While I was poking around Lowe's looking for something to finish it with, I spotted the box of FamoWood Glaze Coat two-part epoxy. I originally was just going to use the West stuff I use for the boat but my hardener has turned brown (doesn't impair function but won't dry clear). I always wanted to try this stuff and I figure, no problem if I screw it up in the garden shed.
After sanding it down to 320 grit, I coated it (as recommended) with some water-based minwax poly. Then I mixed up the stuff which takes 12 minutes of stirring. With great trepidation I poured the stuff out on the countertop and started spreading it around with a plastic paint putty knife (what they show in the picture). It actually wasn't that bad. They say to attack any bubbles with a torch and again, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was gong to be. The biggest problem is spotting them given the poor lighting in shed. But I figure that works in my favor if I missed any.
All in all, not too hard. I'll see what it looks like tomorrow after it sets up.