Epoxy Resin Turquoise Stone River Style Board

I made a turquoise #rivertable #inlay with holly wood and #epoxy #resin! Subscribe to my 2nd channel DarbinNotes: / darbinnotes
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[@jaywilliams415]

Good work! Tip: Get an angle grinder w/ a sanding disc to pre-sand the raised stones...huge time-saver!

[@keithrobertson2972]

Very beautiful,you have a wonderful imagination thanks for sharing👌😀

[@mickwilson99]

Nice to see work not relying on mega-scale hardware. Back to your roots without product placement. Nice!

[@greenkitty6482]

Yes, the contrast between the wood and the turquoise is really strikingly beautiful : )

[@Kkuts37]

I usually skip over Epoxy projects, just because there are sooo many; but thought if Linn is doing it, it will be great! I Was not disappointed at all! This is beautiful! Well done!! :)

[@darbinorvar]

Haha, thanks Kathleen.

[@kaycox5555]

What I really love about your channel, Linn, is that you keep the "artisan" in your work and frequently still use hand tools. Way to go...excellent!

[@darbinorvar]

Nice to hear.

[@erikacronje8985]

Sometimes it's just nice to make something beautiful even if you have no specific purpose in mind for it and that board is certainly very beautiful!!!

[@darbinorvar]

I agree, thanks Erika!

[@tahandcrafted]

Nice work, looks great.

[@phildodd9942]

As everyone is saying, this board is so BEAUTIFUL ! Amazing to get a piece of ivy that size - well in the UK anyway ! Yes, a lovely light wood, not often equalled unless there is some bleached old wood on a seashore ! You ideas for the inserted materials are so unique, and what we have come to anticipate from such a creative and inspirational person ! Probably I'd put this up on a shelf as decoration. It will be interesting to see if it matures in colour with age ! Yes another brilliant project ! Well done !

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks Phil :)

Wow, how beautiful, I love the beach and the sea, and those works with epoxy resin and the blending with wood really surprise, Congratulations Linn

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks Alexander!

[@MCsCreations]

Really beautiful work, Linn! 😃 It could be a fantastic coffee table! 😃

[@darbinorvar]

Thank you!

[@wesh388]

Nicely done!

[@Mikidy303]

Very interesting project. Thanks for sharing!

[@ShinMufasa]

Wow. That's beautiful

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Thanks for sharing this art work!

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

I really like the look with the filed/sanded stone, phenomenal!

[@melissaphillis7247]

Really gorgeous

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Really interesting technique! You gave me a lot of inspiration with this one! Thanks for sharing!

[@didleydo]

Wow! It's beautiful!

[@HeavyboxesDIYMaster]

I really like your grooves method and type of material to fill them with! Excellent!

[@scotttovey]

Great project Linn. Love the river style. Looks great.

[@alexandermondry4095]

Absolutely Original, well done!!!

[@beltxabeltxa]

This looks great, congrats

[@Mr_Judge_Benny_Hinn]

I'm going to pan that river for gold!

[@experimentalpyrographer1442]

So beautiful, I never thought of shellac on the epoxy as well

[@chewbacca5986]

Beautiful!

[@NOLAMarathon2010]

Wow, nicely done!

[@phantm24]

super cool, love it

[@BagdasarGuitars]

I like all your projects ! Very well!

[@skewedmaker]

This is beautiful! I love contrast of the wood and the turquoise stone, plus the finish really highlights the natural tones of the wood

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks! 😁

[@kerrijodierberger]

Beautiful

[@GrahamDallas]

That is so cool, nice work.

[@debdottir]

I think it looks great. I really like it.

[@Bill.L.Carroll]

Really neat looking board, Linn. 👍 It will make a stunning, whatever you decide to turn it in to. 👌

[@nigelwylie01]

What a HUGE Holly tree that board must have come from! Beautiful use of it.

[@darbinorvar]

Right!

[@greyareaRK1]

Very cool project.

[@giovannipetitti1588]

really beautiful,

[@southerncustomcuts729]

Very cool!

[@dcpersad]

Linn, I love the beach look of the piece. It's inspiring me to try my hand at epoxy. PS, I wish I could have attended the meetup but I move from DC to the west.

[@MsRubenrodriguez]

Hola...como siempre un muy buen y lindo trabajo....felicitaciones

[@CysCorner]

I have found some amazing rocks in my driveway too! Great project Linn :)

[@hudael-husseiny2503]

It almost looks like marbel, it's really a very beautiful project ❤️

[@C_L_Thomas]

Love it!

[@EdwardIglesias]

Awesome project. I've made a couple of knives with holly scales and really like the way the wood looks and feels. Always used clear coat because I also wanted to keep the color looking as white as possible but now I might try shellac.

[@go-dog-go]

Just beautiful work, not unlike yourself Linn = ) Anyhoo, you are Spot On Linn about Holly. When i renovate homes, I reclaim/reuse as much wood as possible. There was one home i decided to remove some 30 year old 'Holly' bushes from around a house. Ohh, My Lord! I ended up going through numerous chain saw blades just getting them out of the ground....A few i attached chains to and pulled them out of the ground with my Truck. serious.

[@darbinorvar]

I can only imagine!

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Beautiful work Linn! i really like the look of the turquoise and the wood :) Thank you for sharing the video.👌👍😎JP

[@owenmorse3136]

Nice idea for a board , love the pale and bluegreen colour tones , that would look lovely on a black marble top , the video makes a nice little change of video to see a little bit of art . Just keep on going Linn well done.

[@felix8919]

Bellissimo progetto 👍😊 beautiful project👍👍👋

[@lynnburnett89]

This turned out really cool! Great job! I would like to say, though, that people generally opt for haste because they don't want to spend the necessary time to do something carefully and then they end up spending a lot of time in post processes just to make up for the haste. The lesson is: A lack of patience when beginning a project charges interest, in terms of time, in the end. It really can take more time to fix the mistakes made in haste than to take the time to do it carefully from the start. I guess it all depends on where you would rather spend your time.

[@aaronsam88]

Amazing project 🙌 Nice work 👌👌

[@sergedurand9905]

Great work and very nice result. A lot of femininity and finesse. Congratulations, Linn.

[@69virgin1966]

Linn that looks great 👍. I especially like the way the river turned out. Great job. Keep the great videos coming. Thanks for sharing and God bless

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks Roy!

[@AB-nu5we]

Turned out quite nice. Jack plane, my favorite flattening tool. It's a workout, but very satisfying.

[@darbinorvar]

It was a workout, my fitbit registered like 7000 steps during the planing!

[@reforzar]

This turned out great! Nice work Hollywood! 😂

[@dirtdevilrcmotorsports]

what an awesome project. I have seen the finished product before in shops but never seen how its done before. I like them done with a darker timber but yours looks fantastic. I have seen people mount them on the wall as a form of art or as a focal point in a room, you can also make smaller one and turn it into a lazy susan for the middle of the dining room table or on a kitchen bench.

[@ChevalSerge]

belle planche à découper.

[@billyhill101]

Very nice super cool

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks Billy!

[@__Salty]

Loved it ~: ')

[@TheCarpentersDaughterUK]

Such a pretty and fun piece! It's given me some more ideas as I get used to my router :) Also, I saw a promo video a while back for the vacuum blender I have and it blitzed pebbles to dust, so may cheat and try that method one day 😄

[@cnrart.claudiorodriguez9978]

muy lindo trabajo

[@djmaxamillionpdx]

Nice work! I was researching turquoise inlay with resin but for lapidary cabochon or jewelry purposes and came across your vid, really cool! That “turquoise” is dyed Howlite which is a soft white stone stabilized and dyed, this is a great use for it since it’s so much cheaper than real turquoise (don’t get acetone on it, color usually bleeds).. way better use for it than using Howlite imitation turquoise in actual jewelry!

[@heyimamaker]

Stunning, I think it would like nice in a washroom. Not sure where though.

[@jraltwies]

Maybe try a diamond cup disc on the angle grinder to knock down the high spots?

[@blakewinchester9555]

What grit sandpaper do you use for the belt sander? I’m doing something similar and just snapped my belt : (

[@shirineromankurth1633]

Very nice, thanks for the video. You said you’ve stopped sanding at 220 grit, but what grit did you start with until you went down to 220?

[@sergiofilosofo3355]

At the beginnng i thougth, that will look not good. But definitely it turned very very nice, awesome!

[@austinguy2324]

Does the finish make the epoxy shine after sanding it? How is it so clear after only 200 grit

[@AutotechWoodworking]

Of all the epoxy river pours I've seen on KZbin, (and I've seen a lot), your use of crushed turquoise stones and shells looks better than those where they added pigment to the epoxy to get the color. It rivals the best ones I've seen where ingredients were added that created different effects like those that made the water look like it was flowing or swirling.

[@darbinorvar]

Thanks, appreciate it :)

[@MFunkibut]

Bet we see one of the guitar makers give this technique a try very soon - the finished project just screams 'Stratocaster' at me. Anybody else?

[@cassia_cries]

nice, if a little reminiscent of kindergarten.. probably just the seashells

[@ShaukatHakim]

Marks of mask on your face, but shows that you are really in the job. Nice work and good luck! Hope to see more projects!

[@WoodUCreate]

use an angle grinder to cut down the stones. then go to the belt sander.

[@dvdru]

I would have made the inlay in the shape of the Thames river in London England.

[@cj-theeverydaymaker5012]

Lovely. Crushing up the turquoise and mixing it with the stone and shells was a great idea. How much does the finished piece weigh?

[@darbinorvar]

I haven't weighed it but it's got sime weight to it!

[@megawetdiaper]

Holy is hard to find for me in bigger than a turning blank. We’re did u get urs

[@darbinorvar]

At a lumberyard in my area, link in description.

[@PrimalEdge]

how are you enjoying out VA Summers?

[@darbinorvar]

Hot!

[@ghassanhkalif5027]

God job From Iraq

[@austinguy2324]

Can I just use shellac after a fine sanding and it will polish it? That's how its portrayed in this video

[@darbinorvar]

I don't think the shellac is actually polishing the epoxy, it does make it look "wet", and this is the result I got after sanding up to 220 grit.

[@austinguy2324]

@@darbinorvar will it maintain that wet look after the shellac has dried?

[@darbinorvar]

@@austinguy2324 Yes, that's the final look.

[@daviddavies6844]

Hi. HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIDEO ON SANDING STONES OR LIKE CALLED POPS SHED ON U.TUBE..LIKE WHAT YOU DONE LOOKS REAL NICE..DAVID N.S.W. AUSTRALIA....

[@KMF3]

I think I would have placed all of the stones and shells first and then poured the epoxy.

[@davidbeau6715]

where did you buy the turquoise stones?

[@darbinorvar]

Craft store

[@signptr]

Maybe a deeper router groove would have been better then epoxy would be easier to sand down cool look eitherway

[@sadidiker]

😘😘🙋🙋⚘

[@joannecarroll5504]

Almost cried when you smashed those beautiful stones, glad it turned out well. It's a lovely art piece, I wouldn't serve food on epoxy personally.

[@misterikkit]

Does the shellac effectively make scratches disappear from the epoxy?

[@darbinorvar]

I wouldn't say it makes it disappear, but it makes the epoxy look wet.

[@dgoz33]

good video, ennoying music :(

[@tahandcrafted]

Nice work, looks great.

[@felix8919]

Bellissimo progetto 👍😊 beautiful project👍👍👋