- All right. Welcome back. Hopefully welcome back because you've probably seen this board
in a few other videos and we've gotten it really, really far. We've gotten it all the
way to the point where it almost looks like a finished piece. It's just a little hazy still. And that's because it's time to top coat. It's time to give this the beautiful finish that it deserves. So what do we mean when we say top coat and seal coat, flood coat, What in the world. First things first, we're gonna talk about two of them today. We're actually going to
do two of them today. First is we're going to what's called seal coat this. If you watched our earlier video about how to seal wood, it's going to feel very similar to that. Sealing this wood up is again, another necessary thing, because we are going to be putting what is called a flood coat or top coat on top of that seal coat. So that seal coat is going to lock in all this air that is in the wood like we've discussed before. And then that flood coat is going to give us the nice buffer, beautiful, shiny, high gloss finish that we want. Now, this is one approach to finishing off a
cutting board like this. There are tons, you can do the whole thing from polishing it up with sanding and polishing compound. You could use something like Osmo Polyx, or a monocoat or there's so many different options. This is just one of the many, many options that you have. So let's walk through it. Let's talk about the first
thing we're going to do, which is what's called the seal coat. So all this porosity and moisture that's in this wood has been brought back again because when we leveled this off and flattened it, we removed that initial
seal coat that we had. So we need to put that back on here, but in a very, very thin amount. Putting it back on here, again, locks all the air within the piece. So it doesn't bubble through and also ensures that we're not dealing with moisture issues later. How much do we use for the seal coat? That's a good question. If I mixed up 24 ounces
for this board too much, way too much, that's going to all run off because all we're looking for is a very thin layer here. So for the top of this cutting board, I'm only going to mix up
about four ounces of epoxy. That's it; I want this spread thin. I want this almost non-existent because I'm just trying to lock in that surface, just barely here. So four ounces is what we're going for two of side A two of side B. All right, four ounces mixed thoroughly. There's a little, if you see air in your cup, don't panic. We're going to spread it out so thin and it's not going to be a problem. So, all right. Like I said, it's four ounces. It doesn't seem like a lot. I mean, look, it's in a small puddle just right there. Well, this is where the seal coat kind of idea comes from. I'm going to have to spread this out with my hands, including
the sides and the edges. So this is going to get spread out very, very thinly. And it's going to do exactly
what we need it to do. Everything's looking good, but like epoxy, any coating situation torch it, All right, It is the next day and our seal coat has cured. We are all set. You can tell, it looks a lot different. And if you can't tell that I've got another cutting board here that is made out of
the same slab of Walnut, and you can see the tone
difference is substantial. We did four ounces that was spread very, very thin for that seal coat for the top coat here, we're going to kind of double that. Where to go up to eight ounces for a cutting board of this size. You're going to need more material if you're doing a river table. So just be cognitive of that. We've got a little
piece of sandpaper here. This is just 120, 120 grit sandpaper. I'm actually going to real quick scuff up this seal coat. I'm not going to take a lot of it off. I don't want to take most of it off. It's a seal coat. We need it there, but I am going to do a little bit of a scratching up here, increase the surface area and increase the bond
between the seal coat and the top coat. All right, we've scratched it up. Now, I've just got this little piece of paper towel, shop towel, and other cloth would work in. I've just put a little bit of alcohol on there that helps get rid of all of the residue. All the dust that we just created, kind of gets us back to
that glossy shine here, but you could still see all the scratches that we're going to fill
in with the top coat. We are done glasses down
eight ounces of epoxy. As always, when you're doing a coating application with epoxy, you want to release the air that can get trapped within it. So we're going with the torch. Heat guns another one, fine alcohol mist is a third one. All of them work. All right, our cutting board is done. All we have to do is wait for it to cure, manage the drips on the
bottom, sand those down. If you want to. And that's it. This is it. You've sealed the wood. You've poured the river table. You've done a seal coat on the top again, and now you've done a top coat. You're ready to go. Now this is going to be a fantastic cutting board. It could be at this size. It could be a side table even. Let's say it's a cutting board. Well, we're going to be
chopping and you know, a bunch of fruits and veggies and meats or whatever we want to put on this FDA compliant board and it's going to get kinda messed up. So what do we do when you mess up and chop through all
the beautiful top coat that you've put down? The next video, I'll walk you through
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