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re: Wood working question- Update: Finished pics on page 3
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:46 pm to Pepperidge
Posted on 7/22/14 at 8:46 pm to Pepperidge
Wish I would have seen this earlier, I have done a few of these in the past. The epoxy and saw dust is the way to go. Sanding end grain tiles is some of the most difficult sanding I have eves done. We did one where we had some of the beams sawed in to 4' floor boards and made a border with 4x4 end grain tiles. Looks good.
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:02 pm to GoldenSombrero
Do differently- like what?
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:18 pm to eng08
Wow that looks nice! I have missed this thread but looks like a lot of work gone well. Will be interesting to hear how it stands up to daily wear and tear.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 9:51 pm to GoldenSombrero
That looks amazing! Thumbs up x 1000
Posted on 7/23/14 at 7:04 am to Coon
Looks pretty cool but I'd hate to be the person cleaning all those cracks/joints. Would be nice if you could float it out with some epoxy or something. Maybe this has already been discussed and I missed it. Longevity will be interesting to see. Good news is if you have to redo it in a few years at least you don't have a lot of money tied up in it since you provided the labor. I learned the hard way on a hardwood floor install where I had to go back and redo the entire thing...basically broke even after re buying all materials and putting all that work into it.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:49 am to eng08
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Do differently- like what?
Well here is a short list:
- Too fine of saw blade took longer to cut tiles
- Tiles started to curl up when set in the glue. Had to set things on top to keep them down. I didn't let part of the room set long enough before moving the weight. Tiles bowed up = lots of extra sanding
- I used drywall mud as filler, because I couldn't fix the right epoxy. The stuff I needed wasn't available at Lowes. The moisture caused the tiles that weren't set good to bow again = lots of extra sanding.
- The drum sander I rented had 3 small pads, not 1 large one. The pads tore up very easily as they caught variances in tile height. Ended up using a palm sander on whole floor.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 9:52 am to Franktowntiger7
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Wish I would have seen this earlier, I have done a few of these in the past. The epoxy and saw dust is the way to go. Sanding end grain tiles is some of the most difficult sanding I have eves done. We did one where we had some of the beams sawed in to 4' floor boards and made a border with 4x4 end grain tiles. Looks good.
Curious, what kind of epoxy did you use? Do you think there is anything I could float the floor with now that would fill in the gaps?
And I agree with the sanding. It took forever.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 9:53 am
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:55 am to GoldenSombrero
What about that pour-on epoxy people use for bars?
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