Clear Winner Finishes

01/14/2022

Table Tops, Black Limba, 3M 5200 Caulk, & Steel

Made for Volcano Rabbit , downtown San Diego, 2019.

01/02/2022

Redwood Kitchen Counters Refinished, Clear Epoxy

This refinish actually happened in Nov-Dec’20 but I finally got to do my polish pass and finish shots a year later, just a couple weeks ago.

Didn’t build the counters but I like the look and I’m all inspired to build something like this for somebody, ideas for a few upgrades here and there…

This job was fun and presented some unique challenges that were altogether a great opportunity to show off some of my boat tricks.

Not a full strip, just heavy prep and a wood flour + resin fill pass, some precision caulking…before my standard 3 pours.

Polish pass really made this one pop.

12/30/2021

Shots after wet sand & polish pass on recent refinish, done Sep’21. Acrylic urethane over clear epoxy.

05/24/2019

Full heat gun strip & sanding, 3 pours AeroMarine 300/21 Epoxy, water based poly on undersides.

03/09/2019

Recent job that represents a major expansion of my purview to include resin floor finishes.

Very excited about what's going to be possible with my integrated selection of services to the bar and restaurant industries.

Steel cup wheel strip and SpeedCove base board install throughout, followed by patch and bodywork, precision caulking…

Finish is 2 coats pigmented Kretus Top Shelf epoxy, with 2 coats Kretus Polyaspartic clear plus matting agent and 70 grit glass bead non-skid in the final topcoat mix.

Lots of hard work for a dramatic transformation overall.

Good looking results that will last for years.

01/05/2019

We still have work to do on the casing and, since this was shot upon install..., the outside molding has been refinished and installed too (but no shot of that yet).

Kind of a sloppy delivery...Wanted to wait and share fully complete with fully done finish shots.

But this is what we’ve got so far.

01/01/2019

Technical Detail

[] Fully dry strip (no chemicals) with an assortment of straight & contoured scraper blades, razors, wire brushes, 60-150 grit, scouring pads…

[] Sanding all done by hand, save some 5” orbital work on the outside flats…, mostly with miniature detail using block backing from paint sticks, pieces of tongue depressors, emory boards, a small window blind/louver dowel…

[] Re-stain with good ol’ Minwax “Golden Oak,” a section at a time to prevent diving and uneven absorption.

[] Multiple brush coats Awlbrite acrylic urethane

[] Detailed fill pass between brush coats, with AeroMarine 300/21 epoxy & pecan shell wood flour mix, applied with injector, tongue depressors, razors…

[] Spray coats of satin Helmsman Spar Varnish.