re: Building a Mappa burl epoxy table Update 9/4

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I’m either going to go with a black epoxy or dark black that you can see through the table. Almost like a smoke color. Not sure yet.

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We’re having one built right now. I liked the smoke because it’s translucent and you can see the edge better but didn’t like being able to see all the way through. So we ordered a thin layer of black then the smoke above it. It’ll be a few weeks before it’s done though so no pics but they did a small sample and it looked good.

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What wood did you decide on?

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Something from costa rica. I can’t remember exactly but we went to the place and looked at about 500 before picking our slab. I’ll see if I can find out but they all blurred together honestly.

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Clear is harder to do because if you have any bubbles you will see it.

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Yeah it is. To be clear, ours won’t be clear but have some tint to it. They use a giant vacuum chamber to get the air out.

Yes. There’s a place in Robert on 190. Guys name is Steve Rorax. He has a 52” sander and a smaller planer. He does some beautiful work especially with sinker cypress

Update on the table. I know it’s been a minute. Did the epoxy pour in two pours due to the heat. Well the second pour was a screw up. My ratio had to be off and it never hardened completely. So I had to take it off and pour again. Lots of cursing ensued but I wasn’t giving up.

First pic is trying to get the epoxy off with a heated putty knife. That process was too slow




Finally got smart and used a router with a flattening bit and that worked great. Just super messy. Epoxy shavings went everywhere.



Second pour went great and it finally hardened.



Just got it back from getting sanded on the belt sander. Very happy with it. Now the fun part of lots of sanding.