Brought the catamaran cabin table home for refinishing over the Winter. It is 33 years old and showed its age and a couple of attempts along the way of refinishing, it was rough. It is a cherry plywood veneer surface with a solid wood trim around the perimeter. I am in the epoxy stage now, so it will look glossy. I will apply satin 2pt poly as a final coat.
I first replaced the old binding brass hinges with stainless steel.
Table surface before.
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Keep sanding but be aware of the veneer thickness.
I had not sanded off enough of the old finish and it was obvious.
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So I sanded that off and tried again...
2nd attempt at putting down epoxy, much better.
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Mixing West Systems epoxy 105 resin and 207 hardener. I use pumps for metering.
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2nd coat of 3 or 4 epoxy coats.
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