Concrete Epoxy River Table

[@gregnorvell9730]

I like you keeping the "happy accidents" in there!! Some want you to think that everything they do is always perfect.

[@HAXMAN]

It came out beautiful. I want to try an epoxy concrete table soon. The flaws you pointed out just make it look more natural to me. Great job!

[@MichaelBuilds]

Thank you so much man! I love your channel by the way! I want to do a smokeless fire pit like yours. I saw your video and knew I needed to do a collaboration with you some day haha

[@MichaelBuilds]

How did you get verified by the way. Can’t get that done to save my life…

[@HAXMAN]

@@MichaelBuilds Thanks! That would be cool.

[@HAXMAN]

@@MichaelBuilds I didn’t wait for them to do it on their own. I actually applied and they did it within a couple days.

[@MichaelBuilds]

@@HAXMAN I’m gonna try that!

[@sheribrockmeier127]

I was actually laughing out loud. I had a little gecko get stuck in one of my epoxy pours. I actually managed to get him out as it was towards the end of the cure time so his tiny feet were not too deep but OMG I feel your pain with the fly. Why is it that we have to learn so many lessons (the hard way) on each and every project. Thank you so much for sharing. It truly made me happy to know that I am not alone. Your table came out great!!

[@rustyass9736]

The fly issue! Drill it out and insert a rock! 👍👍👍🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@MichaelBuilds]

Lol I actually thought about it hahaha. That or a miniature boat lol

[@nickfiumara4200]

@@MichaelBuilds or a mini submarine

[@danconlan8735]

First! Michael it’s great to see you bringing consistent, quality content that’s easy to understand and with your great sense of humor! Slainte, DC🍀

[@jcampbell100]

Beautiful. Had the same thing happen with a large oil painting. A fly landed on the most obvious bright yellow area. Parts of it are still there to this day!! I feel your pain.

[@JoeNielsen44]

despite all the setbacks this turned out really great!

[@rolltide0437]

Well I’ve never saw a river with a perfectly smooth bottom. the rough edges are actually more life like. IMO!

[@bg2608ret]

Very nice !

[@MichaelBuilds]

Thank you so much Jason!

[@gtbigdog3507]

I like a smooth bottom

[@beard940fragrances8]

Looks amazing!!!!!!!!

[@tntblast1949]

New sub right here! I want to learn to do this so bad. I love love love this table. The clear part at the bottom is a happy accident as light coming through it will add to it. I have a small C table that will be my first project. I think. Gonna put on my big girl tool belt and be brave...I think. Love your vids! Very thorough explanation.

[@VeronicaG_777]

With the fly now you have a fossil. I love your work

[@hobblecreekpottery]

Love it! Keep the videos coming, mishaps and all. This is one of my favorite channels. Love my concrete countertop that you taught me to build.

[@apatterson8128]

Ha! Never knew how to use those numbers on the side of the bucket. LOL

[@gemajams]

Awesome!

[@bufunga]

That was great

[@sancop]

Hi Michael, we are going to a 4.5’x8’ pour in place a concrete countertop on our island. I REALLY would like to use a map of the creek that defines our town. Suggestions?

[@zfotoguy71]

Wow! That looks fantastic! For demolding the steps from the cement, would it help to add 1-2 degrees of draft angle also?

[@gtbigdog3507]

I just unscrew the sides and I cars off. Or I just hot glue the mold and pull it off. I hot glue braces every six inches and hit them off with a hammer. You can only do that if you don’t have to reuse the mold

[@gtbigdog3507]

Another thing you can use is Teflon spray for mold release. It’s cheap and works great for me

[@not2fast4u2c]

AWESOME

[@skahtola]

Love your work. Great job!

[@TheDiosdebaca]

R.I.P. Fly guy... gone but not missed!

[@christinarudy2505]

Mike, what kind of concrete did you use to get it so white? Did you add an additive to make it stronger? How did you do the molds for that topography epoxy river coffee table?

[@psycho007166]

Great video def gonna do one of these!!!

[@juliahunt4526]

Omg I been waiting on a new video thank you so much

[@karinasamaniego8765]

I'm assuming you couldn't just drill out the fly and fill it in with epoxy. I've never worked with epoxy but I sure would love to make a table like that. It's beautiful. I wonder if it's heat resistant. Like could you use it for a dining room table.

[@conformconcrete483]

Hey bro - all good. I get design inspiration everywhere and MM has done some cool s#$t!

[@tonyhasstonyhass]

Hey, love your channel. I have a question, why did you use cement all instead of the rapid set?

[@ericb2247]

Be thankful the role the fly played into creating more helpful content. now we know better!

[@smoothieking157]

Hold up, am i just now noticing your granite top table saw? can you please do a video on that? lol

[@poepflater]

if it is oak it will darken by itself... They used to stain oak with fume cabinets with bleach in.... I'm pretty sure the alkali outgassing from the crete will do the same over time.... at least it isn't pine.

[@jonw6376]

Embrace the SUCK, Mr. Fly! The concrete tones kinda follow the epoxy looking like a beach. Well, it's a gray beach, so maybe that's LA Smog Beach?

[@connergates9605]

Why did the table have a weird lighter wave in the concrete? The concrete didn’t seem to have a consistent color.

[@josephcampbell007]

i love how you show the mistakes.. I think it came out awesome, and i agree with a lot of the people and that the imperfect edges make for a more appealing look. keep the videos coming. 👍

[@docinparadise]

It’s so awesome that you include your trial and error stuff. Everyone else makes things like this look effortless (through the magic of editing) which leaves people who try it wondering A: what went wrong and B: should they just give up and never try again Thanks so much for all you do! I hope you’re doing well with the channel and aren’t sorry to ave quit your day job 💕

[@veronicanino4827]

So!!!??? The guitar .....is it going to be made of epoxy ??? Concrete?? Or both? Man...!!! you do magic!!!!!

[@MichaelBuilds]

Lol 😂 both for sure! Hahaha

[@steviefresh88]

Looks like Modustrials River table

[@Sarahranjit]

“Embrace the suck” …. Love your catch phases! 🌺🌸🌺

[@darrinlindsey]

Halcyon= Hal-Cee-On

[@milissaadams-henderson7701]

Just came across your channel..LOVE IT!! I love the mistakes, your attitude, humor..ALL OF IT!

[@danielhanawalt4998]

Always seems to happen with some bug wanting to take a swim in your work. lol. I had an auto body and paint shop years ago. Got the last coat of paint on a Corvette. Was looking awesome. Till a moth/butterfly landed on it. Another days work. Nice table you made and video too. Not likely I'll do any concrete work. Too heavy for me . Don't go thinking because I'm old (I am, but don't be thinking that).

[@Rob926182]

Hi Michael. Long shot hoping youll see this but did you glue your first layer to your frame? Amazing job and youve inspired me to do a little project

[@ttwil9810]

Air helps with de moulding, and water if all else fails specially if you use a mold release like PVA. For the fly issues a grinding bit in a Dremel light sand with 320wet/dry around ground out fly fill with epoxy wet sand and polish

[@DaveNull311]

So two things... I, too, am a perfectionist about my work, and I get being hypercritical about things that don't come out as you'd planned. But two things in this video that you called mistakes I think were (channeling Bob Ross) happy accidents that make the piece more interesting. First is the rough edges on the topography. Nowhere in nature do you see perfectly crisp edges, so IMO having those edges the way that they are was a great miss! And second, when you're talking about the pigment from the color not blending 100% - here again, I think that it adds a layer of detail that works even better than if it'd been perfectly blended. Great channel!

[@CapeCoralFloridaWaterfront]

A little bit of draft on the molds will make it come out way easier. We used 3° of draft with plastic injected parts. Just a thought. The molds will also be reusable.

[@johnsdao4760]

I'm going to copy you for a dry bar this winter. Question: can you layer in different colors with epoxy?. I like this a lot. Wondering if you could add rocks to the river. I.E. Upper lights.

[@geekavenger]

Halcyon = Hal-see-yon It's based-off a Latin word that is based-off a Greek word. Just helping. The table turned-out cool. Way to finish strong in game that looked like it was going to go bad.

[@CaptTPT]

Nicely done. Just wondering about how the epoxy would bond to the concrete if you had applied a sealer? Have you tried this?

[@inthecompanyofnone3597]

Very Wicked Cool! I like the imperfections it makes it more real! I would love to try this for a counter or a table! Awesome! And thanks for the tips!

[@RobertLowery]

Get a couple of those fly traps that have a bag of yeast, or whatever it is, in them. You have to fill them part way with water to activate the yeast. They are amazing. I caught 1000's of flies with only two of them last summer. You probably will not want to keep them in your shop, maybe on the fence near your shop or a rear outside corner of your shop.

[@emiliedescazeaux5874]

Love your video, make me laught a lot !! And wow amazing table, love it so much ! Thanks.

[@chipperfan81]

Be careful with a mechanical mixer on the epoxy. I've seen other channels get too aggressive mixing and it adds more air and more bubbles.

[@sanantoniosteve292]

I'm addicted to your videos. In this one you said you would have used a mechanical mixer for the epoxy. Would the mixer have added too many bubbles or would the torch take care of that?

[@ltsky311]

Have you tried to use pink foam board to make those river inserts etc. They pull out easily and what doesn't a little acitone will melt it away. Just started watching your channel sorry if you addressed this before.

[@fhuber7507]

Design the stand to NOT have wood in contact with the transparent. You'll naturally think to stain the part you see through the transparent And it highlights the transparency.

[@Alphasig336]

what do you think about doing concrete pour with white sand instead of wood river insert? I am looking for beachy theme with small sand dollars and star fish embedded in the river. Does that sound feasible. This is going as the hearth of my outdoor fireplace with two water falls into hearth stone, we will see.

[@johnjarrett3203]

If you will use HDPE plastic instead of wood to make your river banks it would be smooth

[@jasonbradleymartin]

What people give videos like this a thumbs down?! Must be trying to click the like but they just missed it.

[@kim99may]

The little nat flies are horrendous this year. I’m afraid to pour without creating a full containment area. 🐜

[@austinsornson1381]

Looks awesome. Is there anyway I could get a copy of the river bed print out?

[@phillipscavitti3465]

Mike total boat Apoxsie is a good product I have use that before I did a concrete table in my backyard open my last name on both sides and filled it with blue fire pit stone And I use the total boat and I liked it

[@joeolejar]

I'd so make this but momma won't have it. Maybe I can use the techniques for something fitting.

[@steveadams4009]

When the bug is in my pour I will take a gouge and cut the bug out and fill the hole with fresh epoxy.

[@davidjack2024]

You did everhing , expcept showing the final finished table in detail.

[@billmthacker]

air compressor and some sand or salt in the nozzle of the air gun. Fly Shot Gun.

[@honeybee9161]

Going fly fishing? 😂😂 Table looks great.

[@MichaelBuilds]

☺️😂

[@davedavenport8176]

I need to make a lower level bar counter top with sink cut out? Any ideas 💡

[@aaronadams4124]

Have you done a concrete dining room table. If so let me know how it went. I’m planning on doing one soon

[@danielroble474]

Went though a couple of struggles but it turned out really nice though. Good job bud

[@ATC235]

Could you put LED light strip In the epoxy?

[@fiu6244]

You live and learn! Another good video. And really good product 👌

[@anthonyoswald4069]

To vibrate a form like that use a sawzall without the blade under the table.

[@tomblake4161]

Dude. Ur being a little hard on ursrlf. It's a bad ass table. No regrets

[@mlubecke]

Awesome 👏 project Michael !!

[@clebrayen]

You are great! we need to talk. Brian from Kenya.

[@chadsmith4948]

Awesome Job Michael! Oh how we all learn.....

[@conformconcrete483]

Maybe inspired by modustrial maker? I think his was done with CNC machining of EPS….

[@MichaelBuilds]

True and true

[@tradingthefuturemarkets4403]

Excellent work here Mike .. I’m a custom stone mason and I tell you not many people enjoy working with concrete the way you ans I do .. love seeing you share your skills and time with us ! .. and for making true honest videos .. 🤝

[@zoemidyett]

I may have missed it, but did you like the paste wax or the WD-40 better? Thanks for your wonderful videos!

[@MichaelBuilds]

I’m still likin the WD-40 better.

[@firemanj35]

Wow that turned out beautiful. I like that you don't always get it right. There's hope for me yet.

[@lechatbotte.]

You always put a cover over it , I’m so sorry it’s trial by error

[@msmtnsunny958]

He was fly fishing. 😂 The river came out amazing! I love the depth it gave. Michael, you never cease to surprise us all, taking little mistakes and turning them into beautiful art. Now, I have to try this for the kitchen counter at the cabin. :) I'm so glad your jumping into more videos, watching you create gets me excited about giving it a try.

[@modularmayhem6339]

I really appreciate your videos! Because of you I remodeled my entire kitchen (that's what I do for a living) but I poured my first concrete counter tops and they turned out amazing! Wish I could share a picture to show you. Keep the videos coming. 👍🏻

[@danielroble474]

I wonder if beeswax would work as a mold release and a corner seal

[@jcl1201]

McFly 😉

[@MichaelBuilds]

Lol 😂 I wish I would have put that in there! Lol

[@flamabl1]

Yeah you don't need the mask drama queen.

[@TotalBoat]

This came out amazing!! Love the design and build! 🙌😍 That pesky fly though.. 🤣🤣

[@shirleymorales3161]

Michael can you do that inlay in concrete !

[@mlh169]

It looks like natural water erosion

[@DaveRigDesign]

Great video, table looks amazing. I have been thinking of doing a epoxy inlay also and this answers many of my questions. I just posted a video pouring a countertop and sink for my outdoor kitchen, mistakes were made, but it turned out pretty good. I polished it with diamond pads based off your previous video, so shinny :)

[@Z71Ranger]

LMFAO...@ that damn fly...

[@muralmusedesignacrylicpour2921]

Can I purchase a mold?

[@Smallathe]

Very cool! :)

[@Alphasig336]

Lol you beat me to it. I am making a river table hearth like this for my outdoor fireplace

[@Alphasig336]

The halcyon can also be reapplied every year or two.

[@MingoMoon]

Great job and recovery! That would have been me if I tried it. There are always those D’oh! Moments! You have to say it like Bart Simpson

[@MichaelBuilds]

Lol 😂

[@eduareddie2178]

It looks good👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@projectqueen610]

That nasty fly...errrg.

[@tristanhali8252]

My favourite so far!

[@projectqueen610]

I still looks awesome!!

[@nottoday8001]

Absolutely Love your videos! Thanks for making them.

[@MichaelBuilds]

I absolutely love your comment! Haha

[@moonshine381]

Ok so WD-40 or paste wax? Which is better?

[@MichaelBuilds]

Paste wax has been workin out better for me lately.

[@911mrfire]

Nice job Michael 👍