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I covered the floor with a tarp and then leveled the table in both
directions so the glaze wouldn't just run to one side. This method should
work out pretty good for the top as the glaze is self leveling while wet
and the foam brush can be dabbed into all the smaller nooks and crannies
for the sides.
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Here it is all finished which took two coats. The first
coat had areas that soaked into the wood and didn't have the look I
wanted so I waited a couple of days and put a second coat on. To make
sure there were no air bubbles I used my propane torch and quickly ran
it across the wet surface which brings all the bubbles to the top.
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I applied two coats to the legs (in the vertical
position) and also note the washers at the end which worked out great to aid in
removal because once the glaze dried the clear coat had bonded the 2 X 4 and
legs together in a few spots. I cut through the glaze with a hacksaw
blade to separate the two and then dressed up the ends with a file.
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The sides got two coats as well and turned out pretty
good.
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Here is the other end which shows the cool looking
grain of the wood.
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This is the area that was home to some carpenter ants along
with the cracks that I put screws into.
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The wood grain sure does look good and the knot stayed
in place.
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It's hard to show the nice gloss finish that I ended up
with as the pictures don't do it justice. I'm happy with how it
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The table fits in very nicely with the rest of our furniture but wasn't
planned this way when I first started this project. I didn't expect to
keep it once I was finished but my wife liked it so much she didn't want
to give it away so we found a spot in our living room for it.
I'd like to do another project like this someday and may go ask my
neighbor if he's willing to give it up another piece. Maybe if I show
him a picture of the this one he might just let it go for cheep! Either
way I had fun working on it and would like to do another in the near
future.
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