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re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:41 pm
by tech_support
decided to refinish my outdoor table using the EMC clear. Table is made from reclaimed meranti from old pallets, I made it a few years ago and its been used outside since then. There are a few coats of epoxy over the wood, then I used S3 clear LPU over that. Table gets abuse (plays the roll of craft table for children) so I fist sanded scratches out with 180, then went back over it with 320. Then I simply rolled about 2 ounces of the EMC topcoat over top and.... 8O 8)

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Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:35 pm
by jorgepease
Wow, that came out like new! Nice

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:36 pm
by wegcagle
Joel,

Do I need to buy an activator for the clear coat or is it just 1 part? Now that my boat's primed I figure I better add my wood accent pieces now before topcoating everything.

Thanks,

Will

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:39 pm
by tech_support
yes, you need the two parts, plus some reducer.....

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:43 pm
by Cracker Larry
Wow, that's nice :!: 8)

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:46 pm
by wegcagle
Thanks Joel. Love the table by the way. That's one heckuva crafts table 8)

Will

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 1:30 pm
by tech_support
After some of the other projects around here are wrapped up, I have a bigger/longer table in mind. I have a ton of solid meranti pallet wood saved up 8)

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 4:31 pm
by ks8
Very nice pallets 8)

So there was still plenty S3 LPU left on there when you rolled and tipped the EMC over it?

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 9:00 am
by tech_support
Yes, Im sure there was, I just sanded the surface with 320. It probably took most of the S3 off

Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:16 am
by tech_support
Our new house did not have a good place to put the table, so I turned it into a new front door :)

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Re: re-finishing meranti table with EMC clear coat

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:57 pm
by ks8
:lol: Nice 8)

The new economy of the 21st century, summarized in *re-purposing*? I learned how to shift a motorcycle transmission beause of the motorcyle/lawnmower in East Germany just at the beginning of the re-unification. Else it would have been a slow-mow. :lol:

Looked something like this, except the back end was a dirt bike, around 150cc , and the *mower* attachment was more commercial hefty .... the motorcycle back end was heavy, and tough to keep it upright when going real slow, but it did cut the grass!

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Of course, it didn't look half as good as your new front door. 8)