Coldspace,
Can you please elaborate on what this "2 pack resin" stuff is.
Is it this:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/diggers-500g-cast-and-embedding-resin_p1874117
(I guess this is only 1-pack).
So you stained the wood only, then sealed it in resin?
I made my kegerator benchtop out of hardware fence palings - it looked great when new, but soon the wood shrunk, warped, etc. etc.
So now it needs doing over again.
Hey mate, go into paint section, get the 2 part "feast Watson" 1 sq mtr kit.
1 should do a keezer top. Best doing with it off the keezer as it's messy but easy to do. I got my pine slab, 2 light coats 2 hrs in between of red cedar stain, straight onto the timber under Neath and top.
Allow to dry over night, then sit top on something like saw horse, I used a large cardboard box from an air conditioner in got from work.
Level the slab off, and sit over an old tarp or drop sheets you want to throw out. As the resin goes over the top there will be a few drips over the side. Practice with the underside first to get the feel and also this will encapsulate the entire slab in resin so waterproof for ever.
Mix the 2 part resin and hardner to the directions for at least 3 minutes. Pour the required amount in thin lines up and down the slab, used a plastic scraper to help spread the resin evenly over the surface. You get about 10 min to do this so don't rush plenty of time. Use a cheap paint brush to spread over edges and the hole I had cut for the font.
There will be some small bubbles appear in the resin, get a small propane or map gas touch and buzz up and down the surface approx 300 mm away and this will pop the bubbles, but don't over heat.
Allow to cure for 24 hrs then flip it over and do top side. The 1 square mtr kit should do 1 slab for a 500 ltr chesty. I went 40 % amount of kit on the underside then rest on top.
I bought 2 as I did shelves etc for brew garden.
It comes up a treatment super hard wearing after 4 days, totally waterproof and looks wicked especially at night.
Equivalent to 60 varnish coats.
Easy to do.
One piece of advice, pour resin in the evening or early morning before it's to hot.
Do inside a shed, spray shed with fly spray before resin pour, pour resin and lock shed otherwise flies and moths can get stuck into the resin.
Smear any drips and over runs away during first couple of hours after pour with a small brush so they don't dry as a drop.
Practice underside if first if you never used this before.
Make sure slab is level both ways otherwise resin will run and self level unevenly
Once done a cured after 4 days, sikaflex top down on keezer and use weights like water drums or disk weights from home gym to keep slab flat while allowing sikaflex to dry over 2 days.
Cheers
EDIT: Posting ate the link
