epoxy sealer on wood furniture

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AAE

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How would sealer work on wood and/or laminate? It would be topped with latex. How would it need to be prepped?
 
would probably be good on a laminate. straight epoxy works well on wood and not a bad idea if the wood is going to be outside. anything interior epoxy is way overkill and totally not necessary. just a 2k urethane will work fine, will be faster and bond to wood just as good as epoxy.
 
it depends on what your doing really. i have done alot of wood finishes over the years. if you are doing the kind of work where you need to watch your price then your shooting yourself in the foot using automotive materials. the professional materials on the architectural side are alot cheaper, faster and easier to use. i am using valspar's line now. the valguard conversion varnish and primers. any moron can spray it and not get a striped finish and its $35 a gal. primer is about the same price. both of them, if warm out are totally dry and sandable in 10 min. wintertime 30min airdry. after 24 hours you can pour acetone on it and let it sit on it for hours and wont soften it. crazy stuff. its very fast and easy to get large amounts of wood finished. could never do that using clearcoat, or urethane primer. 2k sealer will work though since its just a primer really. wood likes unreduced primers. thin or reduced coatings just soak into the grain.
 
Luckily, I'm a moron so I should be able to do it.

I have been using Zinnser 123 but had some adhesion problems.
 
well if there are previous coatings on the wood your finishing then that will need to be dealt with and a completely different story. zinnser or any of the stuff bought from the big home stores is really crappy so dont expect much. while its not great or the best thing to use, zinnser will be ok though on bare new wood. its really like us using lacquer primer on cars when we should be using epoxies or 2k urethanes.
 
hey Jim I am about to do a wood bed in a 65 C-10 what would be the best coating to use on the wood for it for durability and toughness
 
ok, a little more info is needed. what kind of wood and as far as durability goes, what are you looking for. do you want wood that looks like a sheet of glass and durable or is this a truck you are going to use, throw things in the back, etc.
 
Does the Valguard buff well? If I'm doing something I want to be really nice, I have been using UV clear, because I haven't found a wood product that is worth using.
 
wood finishes are not designed to be built up thick. most say 4 mils max. generally for most wood work you tend to want to see a bit of the grain in the finish so it actually looks and feels like wood. too much finish on it and it tends to look plasticky and fake. on the other end you can completely fill the grain and top coat it, sand and buff and make it like a mirror. that is not the job of a traditional wood finish so if thats what your looking for you need to look to the automotive stuff for that. i recently did a few mahogany exterior doors for a house and the guy wanted them to look like a wooden boat transom. i poured west system epoxy all over them to completely fill every bit of grain, sanded it smooth and topcoated it with i think uv or euro clear. cant remember. then i sanded and buffed them. those looked like a million bucks BUT thats nothing you will ever get from any wood finish.
 
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