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Making a Coca-Cola inspired serving board with Alumilite Deep pour resin, Coke bottle caps and Honey Locust boards I milled last year. Finished with automotive clear coat
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Beautiful concept, execution, and documenting. Thank you.
Since it is a serving tray, I am curious about how slippery that finish is.
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I really like that, we have quite a few Coke logo things around the house. I would have trouble finding bottle caps though. I have seen bottled Coke around here for some time.
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Quote:I really like that, we have quite a few Coke logo things around the house. I would have trouble finding bottle caps though. I have seen bottled Coke around here for some time.
I place that I see Coke in bottles most often is Costco/Sam's_Club/BJ's when they carry the Mexican-made Coke with real sugar.
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(09-17-2021, 12:08 AM)iclark Wrote: Beautiful concept, execution, and documenting. Thank you.
Since it is a serving tray, I am curious about how slippery that finish is.
</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks, The finish came out a little more rough than I would have liked but I think in this case it works out. You can set a glass on it and tip it to about a 15 degree angle before it starts to slide off. I had thought about wet sanding it and polishing it as if it was a car but just didn't think it would be really worth the effort since right now even though it is slightly orange peeled, it's still very clear and not really noticeable unless you hold a light on it and kind of move it around.</p>
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(09-17-2021, 05:18 AM)fredhargis Wrote: I really like that, we have quite a few Coke logo things around the house. I would have trouble finding bottle caps though. I have seen bottled Coke around here for some time.
</p><p><br></p><p>Yeah like I said, my friend has a whole coke themed kitchen so she just had a lot of the bottle caps laying around. Not sure where she gets the glass bottles from</p>
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(09-22-2021, 12:25 PM)mtrainer90 Wrote: </p><p>
</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks, The finish came out a little more rough than I would have liked but I think in this case it works out. You can set a glass on it and tip it to about a 15 degree angle before it starts to slide off. I had thought about wet sanding it and polishing it as if it was a car but just didn't think it would be really worth the effort since right now even though it is slightly orange peeled, it's still very clear and not really noticeable unless you hold a light on it and kind of move it around.</p><p>
<br></p><p><br></p><p>I think that that slight orange peel is the most desirable finish that you can get on a serving tray. That is doubly true for a serving tray that does not have a raised edge.</p><p><br></p><p>In your place, I would be inclined to show off that texture of the top surface as a deliberate feature to make the tray easier to use. <img src="https://www.forums.woodnet.net/images/graemlins/yellowyes.gif" data-sceditor-emoticon="
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<p>Good project!</p><p><br></p><p>I have a huge jar of craft brew bottle caps that I want to do a similar style project with. I've never used resin like that before.</p><p><br></p><p>In your video, when you started the final hand sanding, you said that you were working to remove brush strokes from the sanding sealer. Do I understand correctly that you put sanding sealer on top of the resin after curing and before sanding? If you did, what is the purpose of that sanding sealer?</p>
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(09-25-2021, 05:39 AM)WxMan Wrote: <p>Good project!</p><p><br></p><p>I have a huge jar of craft brew bottle caps that I want to do a similar style project with. I've never used resin like that before.</p><p><br></p><p>In your video, when you started the final hand sanding, you said that you were working to remove brush strokes from the sanding sealer. Do I understand correctly that you put sanding sealer on top of the resin after curing and before sanding? If you did, what is the purpose of that sanding sealer?</p>
To seal the wood...
