I am doing the $14 blank and I am using the light spackle. I am wondering
how smooth I need to get it. I read in this forum that a bit of texture is good
for bonding with the resin. I have posted a close up picture of a rough part
of the blank and would be gratful if some one could let me know if this will
telegragh through the glass or if the glass will cover it up. I am a furniture maker by trade and you really have to get stuff nice and smooth before you hit it with lacquer. This will be my first time working with glass and resin.
Glass & resin cover a fair amount of texture, but you dont’ want anything loose that could create air pockets under the glass after it is laid down. When I was right at the step you’re at now, I used sanding screens (the kind drywall tapers use on swiveling extension hand sanders) because I could wrap them to the contours of my board. That way, you’re smoothing but not still shaping, if that makes any sense.
Good luck. Keep posting more pics as you go forward!
so your saying that you can seal eps with paint and then use poly safely? if so how long do you think do you think it might last? cheap boards sound good.