Edged Marine Ply. Glue removal. Have I messed this up?

[davidpbo]

I don't think irrevocably so but...

I have edged some marine ply for a locker top and side using epoxy (SP). I used acetone to wipe off the excess and it has caused some discolouration ( It has had two days to dry).

Sanding lightens it quite a lot, I intend to stain (Antique Pine) and varnish ( several coats)

I am interested in other people's experiences, do forumites think it will be noticable when I have done this.

I probably should have let it dry and removed with a sharp chisel.

 

[MERMAID137]

Hi,
epoxy has soaked into the wood so no staining, couloured varnish finish over the top would be ok
Steve

 

[jerryat]

I suppose the easiest thing to do would acetone 'wash' the rest of the item to bring it all to the same colour.

 

[pcatterall]

The epoxy has soaked into the wood but it will also have 'sealed' it beware using a coloured varnish just now as it will soak into the 'unsealed parts more and may deposit more clour there.
One suggestion would be to seal the rest of the wood to bring it to the same absorbancy state as the epoxied bits. You could use thinned epoxy or maybee clear varnish.
good luck.

 

[davidpbo]

Kind of looks like I need to do a test on a piece of waste doesn't it? I am hoping that the epoxy was too diluted with the acetone to have sealed the wood.

 

[Blueboatman]

My advice.(For what it is worth)
Sand it and then apply a thinned coat of epoxy to the entire surface(and the back),followed by a undiluted coat..once dry you can think about applying layers of stained or unstained varnish.
The varnish serves to protect the epoxy from uv,the epoxy is far more wear resistant than just varnish.

I have graduated to doing all the woodwork this way-in fact if manufacturers did this to handrails etc before bedding them to the grp,the varnish maintenance would be infinitely easier because there would be no unsealed edge to wick water in !

 

[davidpbo]

What do you use to thin the epoxy and suggestion for sourcing please?

 

[Blueboatman]

Here you go- Acetone

 

[pcatterall]

Aim is to treat the whole surface as you (accidentally) treated the bits at the edges. In that way you are back to a consistant surface. If your 'mistake' was epoxy highly thinned with acetone then use that.
While I agree that an epoxied surface is very tough I find in some places it looks a bit artificial just varnish somehow looks a bit more natural. IMHO of course.
Good luck.

 

[Drascomber]

A smart professional option would be to glue a nice veneer on top - or even marquetry compass points?