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There is a lot more checking than I realized, and I'm afraid filling these gaps by just pouring in epoxy will be difficult. I want to keep the live edge and avoid making a complete deep pour epoxy mold. Some of these gaps go all the way through The 2-in slab. Any tips for me?

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I know nothing about any of this, but could one put the epoxy on a large flat surface and then put the wood on top face down?

Probably wouldn't work /shrug

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I bet it would squeeze out around the edges. Since there's air in the voids/checks, the resin won't have a way in. You'd be left with a thin layer covering the voids but not filling them, so as soon as you sand it flat the voids reopen

[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The downside to that is the epoxy would only be surface level. You'd want to fill any cracks/checks entirely, and pouring it into the hole or flooding the whole slab would be the best way to ensure that