Mirror Finish surface for heavy objects like lcd monitor

What is the best way to get a mirror finish on veneer & hardwood that will rest an lcd screen? Can you have many coats of canned poly like 6-8 without any impression or dents left? Thanks

Try one of the epoxy finishes and buff to your desired sheen.

You'll find the poly is soft for the first few days, but after a week it is as hard as steel.

After its hard, there will be absolutely no denting it!

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You'll find the poly is soft for the first few days, but after a week it is as hard as steel.

After its hard, there will be absolutely no denting it!

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So it doesn't matter about number of coats? 3 or 8 for example? My plan was to wait a month or two at least until I sit the screen on it. thanks

If you use an epoxy pour on gloss type finish you'll only need one coat.

Rustins plastic coating

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So it doesn't matter about number of coats? 3 or 8 for example? My plan was to wait a month or two at least until I sit the screen on it. thanks

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The other guys have good points on other products, I responded specifically to your "poly" wording.

There are some very good threads on prep with poly and how To Get It Right.

Basically, each coat needs denibbing and a light mechanical abrasion. There is a goldilocks period to do this (also temperatures, watch them) Ones it hardens you cannot abrade it properly.

3 is absolutely heaps. It's like car paint, once it's right, more coats don't do anything. Others will contest this. BUT, 3 coats well done will look thick and juicy. Each product is different in how long the cross linking process takes, but it's pretty rapid. You don't need a month. I've used it as a surface after a week and it's like diamond.

Poly is good because it's cheap and you don't need anything exotic to get it right.

I might suggest you test the process on a bit of offcut or sample before hand, just so you can experiment. Nothing worse than learning finishing on your masterpiece....what could possibly go wrong!

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Originally Posted by Evanism

The other guys have good points on other products, I responded specifically to your "poly" wording.

There are some very good threads on prep with poly and how To Get It Right.

Basically, each coat needs denibbing and a light mechanical abrasion. There is a goldilocks period to do this (also temperatures, watch them) Ones it hardens you cannot abrade it properly.

3 is absolutely heaps. It's like car paint, once it's right, more coats don't do anything. Others will contest this. BUT, 3 coats well done will look thick and juicy. Each product is different in how long the cross linking process takes, but it's pretty rapid. You don't need a month. I've used it as a surface after a week and it's like diamond.

Poly is good because it's cheap and you don't need anything exotic to get it right.

I might suggest you test the process on a bit of offcut or sample before hand, just so you can experiment. Nothing worse than learning finishing on your masterpiece....what could possibly go wrong!

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Thanks, appreciate the advice. I personally found 5-7 coats are needed on veneer due to the imperfections & small cracks etc. I don't think sanding the 1mm thin veneer is a good idea. I wish I could get large single pieces of hardwood with patterns like veneer.