Hello. I have a small woodturning business and i am in hawaii so it is hard to get epoxy resin shipped here. I have been using stone coat supercast deep pour epoxy. It costs around 200 for a 1.5 gal kit. It has recently become unavailable on amazon and i cant get anyplace that will ship it. Is there any other epoxies people would reccomend besides stone coat. I make alot of colored pencil bowls and alot of other stuff with koa and resin. Stuff like that. The stone coat epoxy is awesome! Anyone had any luck with any of the other epoxies? I was pretty sure stone coat was among the best.

 

@Steve Krumanaker may have something.  His son does awesome river tables 

@windward woodturning  did you ever receive any information from our members??

Sorry. Just now saw your post. I use Toatal Boat epoxy. Amazon does carry it.

Hi thank you for your advise I really appreciate it. It seems as soon as i find a good product that will ship to me, amazon stops selling it. None of the companies are willing to ship direct. Started with Stone Coat Super Cast Deep Pour. Great product for woodturning. Then I Switched to Alumalite Deep Pour when S.C. became unavailable. That is even better for turning. Very clear and doesn't shrink up as much in the pot. Then Boom. Everyone stopped shipping one day out of the blue. I had a successful woodturning business, it was a dream come true! Work at home! But due to supply chain issues, I have to go back to cabinetry working for clients. Frustrating !  Thanks Gene i will check out Total Boat!

However for people that see this in the future:
Alumalite deep pour:  Excellent for Turning Bowls or anything you may need it for. It sand back to a shine if you take it to 3000 grit. if you mix this epoxy gently there was almost no bubbles ever, but i use a pressure pot anyway not a torch. i made a couple chess boards where i was waiting for bubbles with a heat gun and didn't even need to use it!  that's good stuff!

 

Stone Coat Super Cast:  Just as good as Alumilite. Same parent company.(Promise Epoxy, too.) It seems to be just a little cloudier than Alumilite, but just a little. I've made river tables with both of these epoxies as well with great results.
 

Promise Epoxy: Id use one of the above epoxies if you can. Promise is a different compound and a bit cheaper but if you want the best go for the above two.
I hope maybe this helps someone in the future. 

ps. Woodturning may be addictive. You may not want to go to work once you start.  Beware!

Edited October 1, 20242 yr by windward woodturning

Hello. I’m new to woodturning and wanting to make a cup out of a chunk of wood and epoxy. Everything I’m reading says that deep pour epoxy should only go up to 4 inches max.

Is there something I’m missing because I have seen videos of turners pouring much deeper than that into molds.

Thanks.

Hello. I’m new to woodturning and wanting to make a cup out of a chunk of wood and epoxy. Everything I’m reading says that deep pour epoxy should only go up to 4 inches max.

Is there something I’m missing because I have seen videos of turners pouring much deeper than that into molds.

Thanks.

Do you have any dimensions on the cup/casting? Are you making a hybrid cup- part epoxy and part wood?

Yes it will be part wood a part epoxy. I have a travel mug insert that I will insert after carving on the lathe and that is a little over 6 inches tall and about 3 inches wide at the widest diameter so I would need the casting to be slightly bigger than that

One of our turners has a relative that does a lot of resin pours. Maybe @Steve Krumanaker, can offer some guidance.

Just wondering if you made your mold to hold the blank horizontally. Maybe that could get you within the 4" limit.