I am building this massive (120” x 42”) mahogany table with my students and we used polyurethane cut 50/50 with mineral spirits and wiped on. It looked so good that I sent a pic to my brother and he asked about it, so I did a video of it. This wasn’t really made for YouTube and there is a part where I say to hit the bubbles with a blowtorch. That was a joke with the guys because I showed them how to do that with epoxy and they were afraid it would catch fire. With this application, use a heat gun, because this will catch fire. (I would assume). I added a comment to the video after the fact. Again, it was really made for my brother.
As you will see, this is an open-air shop with a dirt/concrete/asphalt/chicken poop/cat poop floor. It couldn’t be a worse environment for finishing and we don’t have a space at the moment for a finishing room. I do have one at my own shop, but not at the school. We don’t spray finishes to avoid OSHA issues. There are plans to build a new facility with a proper finishing room.
Just sharing this so you can have confidence if you don’t have a proper setup. You can still get a good finish. This is a great method because it dries really quick so contamination is less of an issue.
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