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Thanks fellas!
Ryan, I didn't take any pics but I tape off the outside top of the cup with painters tape before I apply the epoxy to get a clean line at the rim. I start by applying a coat in the bottom of the cup with it sitting upright to cure. For this bottom coat, gravity does the work of ensuring it's level and even. Then I put the cup back on the lathe. I brush the epoxy on in thin coats and until it's had time to at least partially cure (a few hours) I let the lathe run on the lowest speed. This is to keep it even and run-free. It's gonna spray epoxy at first though so make sure there's nothing in the line of fire. Especially you... After it's tacked up enough that runs aren't as big of a concern, I pull it off the lathe and set it upright to finish curing over night. That way if I'm wrong and it does still flow some, it'll run to the bottom and even out there instead of pooling on the sides. Rinse and repeat until everything has good even coverage. I think I ended up with 4 coats on the walls of yours. The low speed on my lathe is ~600 rpm. Applying this epoxy is one of the few times I wished I still had my old midi lathe. It would turn down to about 200. I could have done it on my metal lathe but I wasn't about to go spraying epoxy over there...
Ryan, I didn't take any pics but I tape off the outside top of the cup with painters tape before I apply the epoxy to get a clean line at the rim. I start by applying a coat in the bottom of the cup with it sitting upright to cure. For this bottom coat, gravity does the work of ensuring it's level and even. Then I put the cup back on the lathe. I brush the epoxy on in thin coats and until it's had time to at least partially cure (a few hours) I let the lathe run on the lowest speed. This is to keep it even and run-free. It's gonna spray epoxy at first though so make sure there's nothing in the line of fire. Especially you... After it's tacked up enough that runs aren't as big of a concern, I pull it off the lathe and set it upright to finish curing over night. That way if I'm wrong and it does still flow some, it'll run to the bottom and even out there instead of pooling on the sides. Rinse and repeat until everything has good even coverage. I think I ended up with 4 coats on the walls of yours. The low speed on my lathe is ~600 rpm. Applying this epoxy is one of the few times I wished I still had my old midi lathe. It would turn down to about 200. I could have done it on my metal lathe but I wasn't about to go spraying epoxy over there...
