How Do You Make a Resin Dining Table?

Making a resin dining table is a genuine woodworking project: flatten and seal a kiln dried slab, build a sealed melamine mould, mix a deep pour epoxy by weight, pour in controlled layers, cure fully, then sand through progressive grits and finish. This guide sets out the full sequence with the details that decide the outcome, including why timber moisture content matters, why a thin seal coat prevents most bubble problems, and why exceeding the maximum pour depth causes yellowing and cracking. It covers mould construction and stopping buoyant slabs floating, curing temperature stability, the sanding schedule for satin and gloss finishes, and how to fix a heavy top to a base while allowing seasonal timber movement....