I SCREWED Up pouring the live edge slab. #1/2

and then there was a face in our table [Music] it's just a smart way to do it isn't it guys yep fat problem solved for tonight i don't have to worry about them getting in the countertops all right guys check out this kitchen we redid this thing all today my wife frankie and myself poured over this live edge got this all done and then frankie left on his birthday went out and had fun and my wife and i came through and we did this countertop we've never done this before this is absolutely brand new to all of us working with this material and we're just going to take you along for the ride today it's going to be pretty fun and we screwed up four or five times but the day's not over yet so we may still find other things where we messed up we're gonna share it all but let's just do it let's get into it so we start today's project with an eight foot slab of black walnut that strategically has some holes all the way through and i say strategically when we didn't put them in but i picked out a slab that had holes so that we could optimize that and do something cool with it all right let's reveal the wood just got to get a wet washcloth this has to be done for the next step but here we go now i call this revealing the wood because when you get it wet it'll give you an indicator of what it'll look like after the finished product is done and i mean an indicator very loosely actually when the final product is on and done it looks way better in real life but this step is necessary because i've got to get all of the dust dirt and debris completely removed from the wood before i can pour down the next step okay so the plan is going to be the wifey and i she's having fun with tape i'm not she's she's really going in the top of that tape well you give her tape and she just has a blast look look at this look at this girl this is this is nikki's tape job and frankie's gonna be working on this half and what we're gonna do is we're gonna i have a this be a peak peekaboo see through so these holes go all the way through so we're gonna fill that up and so we're gonna do two projects at the same time we're gonna pour this in clear and then we're gonna color code this half right here and why not do two at the same time when we've never worked or done this before and that's that's just a smart way to do it isn't it guys yep let's see what happens we'll find out okay in full disclosure we are complete amateurs at this so this is just going to be an experiment and we're just going to have a little bit of fun god look how thick that is that is that's thick buckets getting close to 32. now if you guys are just tuning in this is we're using stone coat countertops part a and part b epoxy resin now we used colors to create our countertop which you see behind me but in this case we're using the exact same material with no color just as a clear resin finish those holes are going to eat up a lot of our resin i almost just let the bucket sit right upside down right in that area right yep almost there troweling this out we don't try not to push too much off to the sides we can brush that on i think it's just gonna spread that out hmm what doesn't smell not like that [Music] even though this is the thumbnail right here down [Music] [Applause] now we've got to eliminate the bubbles as they release from the resin as the product is curing and either a torch or a heat gun will do it but what we found is that the torch works much better you've just got to be careful that you don't scald the wood underneath but it moves it doesn't move around the epoxy resin nearly as much as a heat gun and it disperses the bubbles much faster just be careful that you don't burn your epoxy resin or the countertop below it by concentrating that heat torch in any one spot for too long [Music] all right guys tell me if this is a little odd but i was just like hey nick take a look at this uh the the design here she looks and she's like there's a face in our table and then there was a face in our table and then there's a rib cage yep that is interesting okay i can't make this stuff up wet countertops and now there's a bat in the house the last thing i want is for that thing to land on any of these surfaces oh it's right there it's legitimately right there we go bat problem solved for tonight i don't have to worry about them getting in the countertops and over here we've got the blive edge all done wrapped up did screw up on this but we're not quite done with this project yet the material is so forgiving so these holes go all the way through and they settled down and so i got a little bit too cocky with the material too comfortable because it's so forgiving so i just decided to feather in a little bit and i was like oh i can blend that i got this no i didn't got this so i'm gonna sand this down and i'll do a second flood coat over the whole thing it's actually not a big deal i got a mistake that is in there i'm so comfortable working with this material it's not that tough an afternoon i could have this completely just perfect with very minimum work scuff coat so there's the kitchen you guys let me know what you think complete amateurs and working with my wife which her and i worked together a little bit like oil and water but we got her all done and these are our results it may not be for you but the beauty part is you can make whatever you want for you i mean you can create anything you want this is of all the epoxy resin projects i've done because we did our countertops at home with live edge we did a sink we did other we've done a number of other ones this was our first time working with this material absolutely the best material hands down no comparison i would gladly start tackling more projects with this stuff just knowing how forgiving it is i mean it's just designed for guys that don't know what they're doing to get good looking results guys like me that should maybe stay playing in the dirt but like to have a little fun well you can still come out with something pretty cool and i hope whatever you're working out turns out really cool as well now if you guys are going to tackle something like this i learned everything online at stonecoat countertops youtube channel i then went to their website their frequently asked questions pages i found everything i went out right there i just legitimately learned it all by watching his videos over and over just soaking it all in so many different ways you can do these and none of them are wrong they just work together it's just the wildest material that it's so forgiving it allows you to do this frankie and i did another one with a different product and we lost it we it destroyed itself heat it up made the undercoat bubble did this that the other thing and so we got a little bit gun shy on using epoxy resin and haven't used it since that incident we have not neither one of us have done anything with it now i think both of us are going to start to do a lot more of them hey frankie quick question for you what do you think of using this product compared to the other stuff we used before i thought this was easier to work with just because we had more working time yeah and seemed to be a little thicker and stuff it didn't run like the other stuff did this was so much more forgiving i mean just even the mixing process right right i mean every everything from start to finish soup to nuts it was just easier way easier to me it was too yeah i mean i'm thinking i'm going to order four more gallons just to have some on hand yeah because there's always things you can do with it you know i mean yeah and with the acute supply shortages yep now put your order in now before there is nothing left right now sure whatever you need well i have to say we got wrapped truck once you've got chance i would cut it to length or something stand it up in there all right thank you we're going to be moving these two logs inside full logs going up as character pieces so if you guys want to see that adventure let me know in the comments down below he's been working under there for a week a lot longer god bless go get him you guys we'll see on the next one so i'm a firm believer putting your money where your mouth is and if you're gonna say something well you know what just show it and do it instead so in the very next video coming down the pipeline where i screwed this countertop up i'm going to show you step by step what actions i take to fix it now the screw ups on that countertop were twofold one is the epoxy resin actually dipped down so we actually have a board underneath that hole below that black walnut edge and what that does is that captures all the resin from leaking straight through and my plan is is after that resin is all fully cured we're gonna pop that board off put a light underneath and you're gonna be able to see the light come up from below the countertop well that's the plan but what happened is the board that we screwed underneath the black walnut countertop actually had its own holes and it wasn't perfectly sealed so some of that epoxy resin dripped down creating a divot in the top of our countertop that's a big no-no we didn't want that so we got that fixed but in the very next video we're going to show you how we fix the screw up where well the second screw up was where i tried to feather in over that dip and level it all out with material from two different pores at two different stages two different ages of curing and i just i messed it up let's just say that i didn't time it right so in the very next video i'm going to show you everything it takes just to fix my bubbles on the top and my dip in the wood and everything else that i screwed up and it turns out amazing it turns out amazing i mean i'm glad i screwed it up because it allowed me to do what's called a finish coat on it and that finish coat just made that even pop more just i mean the depth of the wood itself was insane it was incredible and i want to share that process with you so coming right down the pipeline is going to be that video and then we're back into heavy equipment we're back into construction we're back into snowplowing we're back into all the things that you guys tune into this channel for but every now and then i like to just try different things i mean that's despite variety is the spice of life right i think that's from the movie dune it just means don't be afraid to try something new once in a while because that's where growth occurs it doesn't occur when you're comfortable and complacent it occurs when you push yourself outside of your comfort zone and you're willing to try something completely different and that's what we did with this one and i hope you guys enjoy this process including all of the things that we learned along the way that weren't quite right that's it for this one god bless you guys go get em and we will catch you guys on the next one you guys can see how we fix up our screw up