Bottle Top Table
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Table Dimensions
need to figure these...
Shopping List
- Stuff
- Casting Resin - not laminate resin (how much? what kind?)
- Hot glue sticks (probably about 10 or 15)
- Wood for forms (how much?)
- Nails (probably about 50, small and thin)
- Anti-stick stuff for forms (no idea what this is - maybe just plaster or wax or petroleum jelly?)
- Wood glue? (can probably just caulk everything, use nails to build forms)
- Caulk (clear silicone)
- Rags
- 8 bolts (how big?)
- 4 anchors (what type?)
- Plexiglas (what size? how thick?)
- Fine sand paper (800+ grit)
- Tools
- Hot glue gun
- Torch
- Drill
- Mixing tools (use drill? need attachment...)
- Mix bucket
- Hammer
- Wrenches / ratchets
- Sanding block
- Fans for ventilation
- Painters plastic or newspaper for floor
Process
Follow this a little bit.
Legs
Repeat 4 times:
- Build wood form
- Drill hole for bolt
- Seal wood with anti-stick
- Pour first layer of resin, use torch to reduce bubbles
- Let dry enough (how much?)
- Put the bolt and anchor into the form (we do this after the first pour so we don't spill resin on it by accident and reduce clarity)
- Seal bolt with caulk
- Add bottles and/or caps
- Pour the rest of the leg, use torch to reduce bubbles
- Let dry
- Sand as needed
Table Top
- Cut Plexiglas to size (what size?)
- Drill 4 holes for bolts (where?)
- Put in the bolts, seal the bottom with caulk
- Seal the wood used to make the form
- Make a 4 sided form around the edge of the glass that is taller than the resin overhaning the bottom about 1/2in
- Caulk form to the bottom
- Place caps
- Glue caps with hot glue
- Fill the top with resin, use torch to reduce bubbles
- Let it dry
- Rip the form off, pull the caulk off
- Sand as needed
- Attach legs by screwing them on
Resin Search
- Resin depth is about 3/4 in
- http://www.mrfiberglass.com/table_top_clear_resins.html
- 1 seal coat + 6 flood coats