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We are your best
source for multiple table and bar top epoxies and non-epoxy
top coats -
Penny Floor
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resin - coating products
**1 Basic No Blush epoxy BARTOP (tm) version. Our
newest addition to Table Top - Bar Top - Penny Floor epoxy resin systems.
**2 Thin non-pour epoxy surfaces with non epoxy top
coat. Usually this is our ESP 155 epoxy (tm) sealer with INDIA SPAR VARNISH
(and sometimes the $$$ ACRYLIC POLY UV PLUS on top of the India Spar Varnish).
**3 Bio Clear 810 epoxy (tm). Our original bar top epoxy - and
certainly a very high end professional grade epoxy system - a favorite with the
PROs. Because it has been around for a long time, the section on this product is
rather large!
LINKS TO DATA SHEETS, PRICES, INSTRUCTIONS ARE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THIS PAGE
Scroll down this page to reach the section covering each product
SECTION 1 --- Basic No Blush epoxy BARTOP (tm) version
Basic No Blush - special "BARTOP"
version (sold in 1.5 gal units). Great for Live Edge or "framed" projects
A specially formulated version of our popular
Basic No Blush epoxy.
Note that blushing is a waxy film that can form on the top of
cheaper, lower quality epoxies. We use only non blushing epoxy chemicals.
Typical orders are for 1 - 3 units (each unit
being 1 gal of Epoxy Part A and a half gal of BARTOP Part B epoxy hardener).
FYI: A 1.5 gallon unit of Basic No
Blush epoxy will cover about 200 sf if rolled on a flat surface. If poured 1/4
inch thick into a 'framed' table top or bar top, that same 1.5 gallons will only
cover 9 sf.
Basic No Blush BARTOP has the specific properties helpful
for bar top, table top and penny floors:
* contains bubble breakers (bubble are a real problem with
epoxy pours - even the other on-line vendors are forced to address this issue).
We are the only people with bubble breakers in this class of epoxy resins. It
gives the part a cloudy look in the jugs, but totally clear when used on tables
and bars.
* reduced viscosity - a thinner epoxy system for better
self leveling and spreadability.
* longer pot life - about 20 or 25% more working time per
batch of epoxy than the regular Basic No Blush epoxy. This is helpful in warmer
weather and when coving larger surface areas.
OTHER VERSIONS OF BASIC NO BLUSH EPOXY (only a real
coatings company can develop new formulations of their epoxies).
One version of Basic No Blush allows boat builders to work
with the epoxy in temps at or below freezing. Picture building a small boat in
an unheated barn in Vermont in February.
Another version of Basic No Blush (standard cure) is used
to re-seal pebble decks around patios and pools (usually in Florida) in the
spring and summer when temperatures are cooler.
A third version is Basic No Blush is used in very warm
temperatures (mostly boat repairs in summer time southern USA).
The TABLETOP version was formulated and added into our
family of No Blush (tm) epoxies in Aug 2020 (explaining the lack of customer
pictures, quotes, etc.).
SECTION 2 --- Thin non-pour epoxy surfaces with non epoxy top coat.
Usually this is our ESP 155 epoxy (tm) sealer with INDIA SPAR VARNISH (and
sometimes the $$$ ACRYLIC POLY UV PLUS on top of the India Spar Varnish). The
INDIA SPAR VARNISH can be waxed and buffed to a mirror finish (picture sliding
that pitcher of beer down the bar top surface!). We like the INDIA SPAR VARNISH
top coat. It provides good outdoor UV protection (like you see on the wood trim
on boats) and a fresh coat can easily be re-applied to return to the 'like new'
appearance.
Typical orders are for one unit of ESP 155 (one
quart of Part A and one quart of Part B) and one or two quarts of the India Spar
Varnish. Usually 2 coats of ESP 155 and 2 or 3 coats of India Spar Varnish are
applied. Note that you can also brush on the thicker and solvent free Basic No
Blush BARTOP instead of the ESP 155. The Basic No Blush epoxies can be shipped
to California.
ESP 155, India
Spar Varnish, and Acrylic Poly UV Plus all contain solvents and cannot be
shipped/sold in California. The can only be purchased at our PRIMARY ON-LINE
STORE. Please do not purchase if your SHIP TO address is in California. (click
here for purchase links).
Thick epoxy layers are expensive. Perhaps you really don’t need the “thick look”
of a poured epoxy surface.
Seal and stablize the surface with our solvent base ESP 155 epoxy and then top
coat with our India Marine Spar Varnish. Do not applied over white surfaces (as
these products have a slight tint to them will show up unevenly against a white
background).
These products all have other
popular applications outside of Table Top Bar Top projects:
ESP 155 is: 1) a common concrete
sealer, primer - 2) sealer over old fiberglass boat hulls, 3) wood sealer
Learn More Sold in 2
quart kits.
INDIA SPAR VARNISH is a common UV
blocker over epoxy surfaces, usually in the boat repair and maintenance market.
Learn More Sold in 1
quart units.
ACRYLIC POLY UV PLUS has UV
blocking additives. Commonly used on epoxy floors to stop yellowing and/or in
the application of colored paint chips to epoxy floors. It is NOT a user
friendly product and not recommended for users with experience using 2-part
polyurethanes. Learn More
Sold in 1 gallon kits.
"I bought some ESP 155 as a prime coat and used your
India Marine Spar Varnish on top - unbelievably good! Forty year
old mahogany seats in my dingy look as good as the brand new
gunwales. Not sure how well it projects on the camera - dark
basement- but looks so, so good!" John 1/15
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Best option for outdoors |
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Minwax (tm) oil
stain - left to dry for 2 weeks - 2 coats ESP 155 epoxy sealer and
primer - 4 coats of India Spar Varnish (note ESP 155 and Varnish not
for sale in California) |
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Why
ESP
155
epoxy
sealer
and
primer
is
the
BEST
in
its
class:
1)
Uses
superior
CYCLOALIPHATIC
curing
agents
and
epoxy
ADDUCT
formulation
2)
solvent
based
for
better
penetration
3)
moisture
tolerant,
very
low
viscosity
4)
strong
user
support
/
feedback
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SECTION 3 -- Bio Clear 810 epoxy (tm) - our original,
professional grade surface epoxy
Our BIO CLEAR 810 is a favorite
with professional epoxy resin top folks and epoxy resin artists. It is a thin
epoxy with reduced yellowing and very low surface tension (for outstanding self
leveling). If applied too thin over a really smooth surface it will sometimes
‘fisheye” so it is recommended pours with a minimum thickness of 1/4 inch and no
"live edge”.
Due to its very high quality part A resins, the Part A will
sometimes begin to self crystalize on its own over time - so we keep our
inventory fresh and check before sending it out. This is just “the price” of
offering a very top of the line bar top epoxy system.
THIS IS THE
ONLY TABLE TOP EPOXY THAT USES A
CYCLO-ALIPHATIC FORMULATION AND
CONTAINS NO
NONYL PHENOL (THAT IS WHY IT IS THE BEST AND THE FAVORITE
EPOXY FOR
PROFESSIONALS)
Typical orders are for 1 - 3
three gallon units (each unit being 2 gallons of Epoxy Part A and a one gallon
of Part B epoxy hardener). Also sold in 48 oz test units and 1.5 gal units.
Largest
Pour with this epoxy was 1156 square feet. As I write this I am
working on a 27 gallon order for a Brewery in the Mid West. This
is their second order. You don't find these kinds of commercial
epoxy pour projects with the 'craft epoxies' offered on the
other web sites.
The PROs use Bio Clear 810 because the 'other bargain
internet' stuff
just doesn't perform up to commercial standards
A commercial epoxy pour contractor recently used our Bio Clear
810 to replace a badly yellowed epoxy poured covered logo on the
INSIDE floor of regional airport terminal with our 'almost
no yellowing' Bio Clear 810 (cyclo-aliphatic epoxies to the
rescue!).
Don't be like the
first contractor that just poured some cheap clear epoxy over
the airport logo and thought they did a good job. It looked fine
to start with and the contractor made a few extra dollars using
generic clear epoxy. Too bad. The airport was lucky they could
redo their badly damaged cheap epoxy mistake. Most folks cannot
redo their special poured epoxy table top.
One contractor/customer was hired to do a poured epoxy floor in the Hawaii
based recording studio (the 1156 sf exampled mentioned above) of a retired
famous rock star with our Bio Clear 810 epoxy (plus lots of commercial bar tops
and airport terminal logo floors). All we can add is that most of our commercial
contractor Bio Clear 810 customers started out with other epoxy brands and
shifted over to us.
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"Love the
product (Bio Clear 810) these past six years I've been using it."
8/15 - John R.
"Damn! We love this product. Been using it to create VERY high end
gaming tables for 8'ish years."
10/17 - John R
"We've been
using the Bio Clear 810 for many years for game tables. We probably
do 4-6 per year using a little less than 1/4" of epoxy. Here's a
link to just a very small sampling of the tables we've made." John R
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CustomFurnCreations?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=19599223
(10/18) |
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John R. - Custom Furniture Creations
find on Facebook |
Bio Clear 810 (tm)-
Table top epoxy for Professionals
The
PROs keep coming back, year after year. |
(Bio Clear 810)
"Great Product. Works great on burying wine and craft beer
labels on tabletops, etc." - C.G.H. 11/16
Bio Clear 810 epoxy man cave Bottle Cap Bar
Hi Paul,
To start we glued black formica to the counter top 3/4" plywood base and built a 5/16" plywood strip
dam around it. The release agent was waxed paper and was placed between the dam and the plywood countertop base
then run up and over the dam. Everything was taped in place to include the bottom seam between the dam and the
base. The dam was attached with screws and was pretty tight. This was done on a boat so we had to level the whole
thing. We placed glass flat stones, which were a uniform 3/8" in height, all over the formica and poured the
Bio Clear to the top of the dam. My wife wanted a little relief with the top of the stones showing so we poured
until we got the effect she wanted. We found we needed an aluminum yard stick to spread the resin over the top
of the rocks because the resin tended to flow up the rocks but not all of the way over them. The Bio Clear flowed
out nicely with no trapped bubbles or any other problems. The few bubbles we had were very small and worked
their
own way out. I think a nice steady slow pour was also one of the reasons we didn't get many bubbles. The room temperature
was a consistent 72 degrees. We ended up using less than the gallon of Bio Clear - probably about three quarts.
The counter top is 8' by 22". Frankly we were amazed and surprised that the project turned out so well. I
think the key to our success was following the very complete instructions and tips on your website and taking our
time to make sure everything was set up correctly.
As I remember you already do this but put a lot of emphasis on following the instructions exactly, reading all
of the information on your website and to taking the time to preparing everything very carefully.
When the bathroom is finished I'll send you some photos.
Thanks again and best regards,
"As a professional woodworker, I was recently contracted to make a 14 foot curling table for a customer. After doing
some research, I came across your Bio-Clear 810 epoxy product and chose it for the price and the eccentric web
site. I figured that such a "different" web site MUST be offset by a truly quality product.
I was right!
My customer was delighted with the product and I hope to sell many more of these curling tables in the United States.
I just wanted to thank you for such a great product. I completed my first bar top table and gave it as a wedding
gift to my niece and her new husband. they absolutely loved it. (pictures below!)
I read and reread all the information regarding the usage of the Bio Clear 810,
including all the input from the other customers. They are right and you are right about reviewing all the information. Thank you again on a great
product.
I sent some pictures on the process.
Thanks
10/12/2011
Made the time to finish the bar top. Used Bio Clear 810 and as far as
we're concerned, it came out great. I did read the instructions and what to watch for.
As you can see from the pics, there is wood trim all around. It was secured with fasteners and an adhesive epoxy.
I then put tape around the bottom seam just in case. What I should have done was put water on the table to check
for leaks (like the instructions say). Oh Well. I was able to keep up with the drips right through the painters
tape for the few areas that leaked. Enough was wasted causing me to have to buy another kit, but the final product
is just what we were looking for. A friend of ours makes glass stuff and she gave us boxes of scraps. The arrangements
are less than random, but varied enough to find numerous patterns. I used a hair dryer to get rid of some stubborn
bubbles. There you have it.
4/16/12
Paul, Finally got my top poured, your product is AWESOME. I was hesitant with
all I read about go small first, my top was 8'x2'6"x1/4". I'm the "Go big or go home" guy,
this top was my first pour & I feel that your product made it as easy as it could be. I was very surprised
at the lack of fumes, I poured in a different location & could have just poured in the store where the counter
is going.
Thanks,
Joseph
Thought I would send two pictures of project my son and I completed with
your bio-clear 810 tabletop epoxy. My son
collected beer caps while traveling, in the US and around Europe. I made the
table to fit between two lounge chairs
in his Man Cave. We filled the caps with caulk (so they would not float) and
glued them to the one half inch deep table,
then poured the epoxy. I had talked to some people in your office, received some
good advice, and the results were great. ---- Ray
"As a complete novice using epoxies, I was
nervous about pouring a bartop over wine corks. Thanks to your great
advice and superb Bio-Clear 810 the finished product looks fantastic!
We cut the corks roughly in
half and glued them down using a hot glue gun covering the entire bottom
of each cork. The corks were sealed with polyurethane as was the deck.
Did two pours with the first not quite covering the majority of the
corks. There was very little odor."
All in, you made this look like
a pro job even though I was a rookie! Thanks! Jay from Michigan
(Bio Clear 810) "Great Product. Works great on
burying wine and craft beer labels on tabletops, etc." - C.G.H. 11/16
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