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So I laid down the counter epoxy after practicing an a piece of wood I collected - well cut that wood was - and there are some "pools" formed in the epoxy job - so another coat will be necessary to bring the surface into the "flush state" desired - perfectly flat in a way with a fine epoxy coat showing the portal in reflection.

Today is a sunny day and the skies are blue - but when the skies are not blue - the light will still be reflected. Sometimes when viewing something 2-dimensional - which is all the dimensions available on the monitor/screen anybody views images presented here - sometimes the eyes play tricks on the brain - so know this before you contemplate going through any portal - but rest assured - there is is portal there - there are portals everywhere.

Be aware - some portals are one way.

BK

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Well, I awoke this morning and checked the status of the epoxy, and lo-and-behold another layer was demanded. It seems the second layer applied - while it did fill in the pits nicely, along the edges of the recent application I didn't apply a thick enough layer - and then when it dried this was very evident and unacceptable after all the hard work.

So, I got in my vehicle went to the local Lowes store, purchased goods needed (mainly just a sponge roller) - along with a few other things that had been on the list associated with other jobs happening concurrently - and then I applied the 3rd and final topcoat broadly upon the entire horizontal surface using experience and the lessons I've learned on this job so far. That 3rd topcoat is now gently and steadily solidifying and curing and I think I am truly now done with this job.

Of course there is more work to be done, but in the future anybody comes to this place invited, I will say to them - stroke your hand over this countertop if you want to feel "smoothness".....all in all, while there are things could of been done better I know now in hindsight - all in all - I'm pretty pleased with the quality of workmanship on this epoxy job done for the sake of making the counter-top pretty resilient and the job was done "in-situ" with minimal waste and using what was already in place. I'm pretty proud of that effort - not in a sinful way proud, but rather - proud that I rolled with the punches and then responded accordingly, and then ultimately (I'll know for sure tomorrow) finished the job to my satisfaction.

This 6224 - and "things" are fixing to get exciting - I hope you are well prepared.

Ken

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