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Clean & Sand Epoxy

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Building My Kid's a Dream Gaming Desk

What happens here

Once the epoxy has fully cured, the wooden forms and Tyvek tape are carefully removed. A utility knife is used to cut any remaining caulk or tape, and a scraper helps remove larger epoxy drips or squeeze-out. The entire desk surface and leg channels are then sanded, starting with 120-grit sandpaper to remove any remaining epoxy residue and rough spots, then progressing to 220-grit for a smoother finish. Sanding the epoxy creates a more opaque appearance, which is desired to hide the LED strips when they are turned off.

Goal: Cured epoxy forms and excess material are removed, followed by sanding to achieve a smooth, opaque finish that hides the LEDs when off.

Tools and materials

  • Dust Mask
  • Gloves
  • Random Orbital Sander
  • Safety Glasses
  • Sandpaper (120-grit
  • 220-grit)
  • Scraper/Chisel
  • Utility Knife

What they say

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did it and i think you'll save yourself quite a bit of money and frustration on the epoxy port let's start cutting with our utility knife popping these puppies off and we'll do a whole bunch of cleaning [Music] so it's coming off pretty easily the the place you get in trouble is obviously with the epoxy uh spilled and a straight up on the wood look how clear that turned out by us sanding it it will scuffing this up and created more of an opaque look so we won't see the led lights when they're turned off uh if you find a better way how to make sure nothing spills out when it comes to epoxy and all this stuff comes off easily let me know i'll let you know but in the meantime we're going to keep trucking and uh put a lot of grunt work in here so this is about as clean as i was able to get obviously there's some of the glue still there i'm going to start hitting up with 120 grit it's coarse enough to take a bunch of it off i'm assuming i'm going to go through a bunch of sandpaper now in terms of finish i'll probably hit it with 220 put a little oil see what it looks like if it's a perfect opaque opacity if not we might go up into 300 but we'll just see how it goes

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