New Ecopoxy product..

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This video shows a new Ecopoxy product which is very thin and has a very long pot time. Will this be a good alternative instead of buying a pressure chamber? I thought that it maybe would have been possible to use vacuum also in the casting prosess and because of that save money and space by avoiding the pressure chamber.
 
You are thinking of using it to stabilize wood? That stuff in the video is a casting epoxy which might be thinner than their previous stuff, but it still is rather thick when you think of it soaking in or being forced into wood.
I use a product called Rotfix to harden up punky areas when I make live edged tables. It is the consistency of water. I have never seen Cactus juice in real life but my bet is it is thin like Rotfix.
 
Randydb said:
You are thinking of using it to stabilize wood? That stuff in the video is a casting epoxy which might be thinner than their previous stuff, but it still is rather thick when you think of it soaking in or being forced into wood.
I use a product called Rotfix to harden up punky areas when I make live edged tables. It is the consistency of water. I have never seen Cactus juice in real life but my bet is it is thin like Rotfix.
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I was thinking of using Cactus juice in the first process and Ecopoxy in the casting process and use vacuum in both of them instead of using vacuum in the first and pressure in the second process.. This will require less equipment and take up less space in the work shop..
 
SOooo, you are thinking of something like this? I'm still unsure. I'm not sure of the process they go through to make these...stabilize wood first or cast first.
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Randydb said:
SOooo, you are thinking of something like this? I'm still unsure. I'm not sure of the process they go through to make these...stabilize wood first or cast first.
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That´s exactly what I was thinking about. If FlowCast has a long curing time, it would maybe be suficcient to use vacuum instead of pressure in order to get rid of the bubbles.
 
I think when you cast you don't need pressure or vacuum. When I use the self levelling bartop epoxy I do a seal coat first. When it is cured I mix a batch of the epoxy in a way to produce as few bubbles as possible and then pour. After about 15 minutes I take a torch and just bring the flame close to any bubbles and they go away. I usually come back every 10 minutes for about 4 times with the propane torch and get rid of any bubbles that show up. I would ask someone that does it, but my bet is they stabilize the wood then cast it.
 
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