Eric Arnsdorff
09-30-2022, 3:51 PM
What the heck!! I can’t get rid of dimples in my epoxy.
This is the first time I’ve tried epoxy as a top coat/finish. It’s just a small pour on some birdseye maple with an inlay (letter “A”).
My first pour had dimples all over it but I didn’t worry too much, thinking I could just pour another layer. I cleaned it with denatured alcohol and poured another layer which still had dimples. A third time and still dimples. So I filled the dimples and let it cure then sanded it down on my drum sander followed by up to 220 grit with my random orbit. There was still an epoxy layer and I didn’t go down to the wood. I cleaned with denatured alcohol well and poured a top coat of epoxy. After using a heat gun for bubbles and visually making sure it had a flat layer of epoxy, I left it to cure over night.
While it was down to one dimple - it was still a dimple!!
I didn’t think it should be this difficult!
I did use an Amazon source for the epoxy - intentionally finding a small quantity as an initial try with the epoxy (“Art ‘N Glow” 16 oz). It is a casting and coating epoxy.
I thought I took into account everything I could find on why dimples may appear. But there’s something I’m doing wrong but I don’t know what it is.
Any ideas?
487016487017
This is the first time I’ve tried epoxy as a top coat/finish. It’s just a small pour on some birdseye maple with an inlay (letter “A”).
My first pour had dimples all over it but I didn’t worry too much, thinking I could just pour another layer. I cleaned it with denatured alcohol and poured another layer which still had dimples. A third time and still dimples. So I filled the dimples and let it cure then sanded it down on my drum sander followed by up to 220 grit with my random orbit. There was still an epoxy layer and I didn’t go down to the wood. I cleaned with denatured alcohol well and poured a top coat of epoxy. After using a heat gun for bubbles and visually making sure it had a flat layer of epoxy, I left it to cure over night.
While it was down to one dimple - it was still a dimple!!
I didn’t think it should be this difficult!
I did use an Amazon source for the epoxy - intentionally finding a small quantity as an initial try with the epoxy (“Art ‘N Glow” 16 oz). It is a casting and coating epoxy.
I thought I took into account everything I could find on why dimples may appear. But there’s something I’m doing wrong but I don’t know what it is.
Any ideas?
487016487017