Photos of the Z-poxy process on my KMG OM

[dave d]

I used 3 applications of zpoxy on the back and sides. You can see from the first photo that the pores aren't yet filled after one coat.

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2nd Photo: Lightly sanding back the zpoxy

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3rd photo: Side with pores filled.

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[Dave Bagwill]

Nice, Dave. How many coats did it finally take? any problems? Hints?

[dave d]

My biggest problem was a lack of confidence in knowing how to do it first of all, so advice from Tony and others here sure helped. I tried using a squeegee (as seen on youtube) as well as a credit card, and I think I prefer the card for smearing around the goo. I thought I used 3 coats, although now that you ask, and I thought more about it, I'm pretty sure it was four. I didn't quite know when to quit, and another coat definitely didn't cause any harm. My final coat was thinned a little with denatured alcohol. Sanding it back with 320 grit sandpaper resulted in a nice smooth surface.

[Bob Matthews]

Nice result, I always use a single edged razor blade to do my Zpoxy pore fill, I think the hard edges of the blade actually help to fully fill the voids and I usually get away with just two coats.

I did try the credit card as a squeegee once, but wasn't impressed with the results, maybe the bend-ability of the card across its width didn't help and caused me to have to do a lot of sanding.

Bob

[TonyinNYC]

Thats looks great!! Very nicely done. Now the only pores you will have to fill are the really annoying ones that pop up after you have a couple of coats of finish on it!!
I hate those pores!!

[Kevin in California]

I like how that turned out after 3 coats.......really smooth looking.

Kevin