Coasters by Gritters

Made from pergola waste posts and filled with resin from justresin.com. Carved in a single piece so it’s also its own mould, then I sand off the bottom.

I’ve worked out I can turn them around in about 5-6 hours per coaster, plus about a week for the resin to cure.

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Hey Gritters what product did you use?
I’ve used the DiamondCote product from JustResin.com.au to coat paintings and it’s brilliant.
I love the metallic blue you have there it came out great.

it’s diamondcote with just a touch of their metallic pigment. i got the starter pack and you got 3 pigments in it so i got blue a pink one and some other colour. i think i’ll make a set of 6 coasters all up so will do 2 of each :slight_smile:
still haven’t quite got the sanding perfect on it, it’s time consuming if you want to keep the shine. this one was easier because the resin dipped a bit so the top stayed perfectly clear.

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Thanks mate that’s good to know.
I have a lot left so I think I’ll give this a go and see how it turns out.
Having it dip does help a lot. I did that with my last coaster using the Protite resin but I found a hot coffee cup does melt it. Overall I wasn’t really happy with the Protite results.
Please keep us updated with how the sanding and next set of coasters go, they look great.

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coaster production line still continuing, along with a new puppy which has slowed down the factory a little.

from top left to bottom right

  • b - first happy result, underpour resin so it’s slightly dipped
  • a - tester - over poured, cnced flat then thin top coat to give full shine
  • h through to love heart - finished over pour coasters, cnc flat
  • s z g z - in progress under pours. should end up looking like top left
  • a, a - couple of testers

funny enough people like different things. some seem to like the matte look, some like super shine and some like different colours. turns out humans are different :slight_smile:

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Looking great. It’s really good to see them all lined up to compare the results.

finally got around to making some holders and they’re ready to send off.

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They look fantastic. The holders definitely add the finishing touch.

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i never solved how to make them sand to real shiny just like the underpoured ones. i have to test with some clear epoxy to see if it’s my sanding that is shit/lazy or if it’s the metallic stuff i add for colour.
so i just went with underpour for a bunch of them instead and kept the gloss look.
talk about trial and error i’m kinda sick of coasters for now :slight_smile:

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Time to experiment with something new.