Table

[Al Sherred]

My daughter sent me a video of a table that she liked and I thought since her birthday is in May I would give it a try, this is how it ended up.

The first pic is the table by day, the second one is the table by night or dark.

[Gary Yoder]

Good job! How did you do the finishing?!

[Barry Dima]

Awesome! This looks terrific. I just did my first inlay job with epoxy, but it didn't turn out half as nice--or glowing--as yours. Did you seal the table first before adding the epoxy? (Or did you use resin or something else?) Any tips will be greatly appreciated, since I plan on finishing more of my fun, kid-oriented projects like this.

[Al Sherred]

Good job! How did you do the finishing?!

I sanded it from 80 grit through 400 grit and 5 coats of high gloss lacquer.

[Al Sherred]

Awesome! This looks terrific. I just did my first inlay job with epoxy, but it didn't turn out half as nice--or glowing--as yours. Did you seal the table first before adding the epoxy? (Or did you use resin or something else?) Any tips will be greatly appreciated, since I plan on finishing more of my fun, kid-oriented projects like this.

Thanks Barry. I didn't seal the table prior to applying the resin, I had to sand for more than a hour to remove all the overspill . I used easy cast resin and glow powder I found on Amazon . I first sanded the whole top with 80 grit sandpaper to get the overspill off and graduated up to 400 grit because I wanted to make sure I removed all sanding marks from the other grits of paper. I then made sure all dust was cleaned off the top and applied 5 coats of high gloss lacquer, the lacquer directions stated no sanding necessary between coats but I sanded it with 400 grit, I ended up with 5 coats of lacquer. I used 4 oz of resin and 4 oz of hardener since its a 1 to 1 mix, and 2.5 ounces of glow powder. The top is 41 in long, 17 in wide , by 7/8 in thick. Do a search for glow in the dark table and you should be able to find a video on how to do the table. I think it's on Pinterest and earth porm.com once on the site search for the table . I hope I helped a little. If you have any more questions feel free to contact me and I will try to answer.