Table Top Epoxy Resin Superclear 2 Gallon | 256 oz Kit, Anti-Yellow Highest UV Impact Resistance, Food Safe Epoxy, Crystal Clear Gloss, Bubble Free, Bar & Surface Coat, Tumblers, Wood, DIY

I have done several countertops using a popular and well-known seller that is a bit more expensive. I wanted to try a cheaper alternative but did not want to give up the quality. I tried this product as an alternative to do an exotic kitchen countertop pour, and I was not disappointed. It is a bit thicker, so it does not cover as easily. I found heating with a hair dryer moved it around quickly though, so I just needed to get used to a slightly different consistency.This stuff is thicker and cures a bit faster, but I actually like that it cures quicker, because I did not have to wait around nearly as long before removing the tape from the edges. Now that I have used it once, I can confidently say it is a good product, it just works slightly differently from what I had used before. No huge differences, it is just thicker and cures a bit faster, but again, that turns out to be a positive. Another benefit I found is that this epoxy has few if any bubbles, and I did stir it with a drill and paint paddle stirrer. I mean few if any bubbles occurred in the epoxy at all.The key to stirring is to keep the paddle in the epoxy and to hit the bottom and sides fully and stir it for a good 3 to 4 minutes. Once you no longer see any of the white streaks, it is thoroughly mixed. I had no soft or sticky spots at all, and it was nice and dry and hard within 20 hours when I went back to check it. The tops were perfect and I'm more than pleased. If you are having problems with soft or sticky spots, you are probably not mixing it properly. Do not be afraid to mix with a drill and paint paddle, as that worked well for me.In the end, I got a beautiful set of counter tops at about half the usual costs. I give it 5 stars for now. I will try and update this later as to how well it holds up but mixing and pouring and the outcome so far are first class! I give it a full 5 stars for now. No smell at all, very clear so far, mixed easily and the colors are perfect.

I use nothing but SuperClear. I’ve tried several brands and what I don’t know about pouring epoxy is a lot. But this product almost makes me look like I know what I’m doing!

The product itself is a good one and does what it is supposed to do. It cures out very clear and glossy and brings out the grain in wood. I especially appreciate the good customer service that is available. A technician spent time with me on the phone detailing the process further than what you read on the container or pamphlet. It took 5 hours to cure to a non sticky state rather than the 2-4 that it states, in what seemed to be ideal conditions. I used a heat tool (gun) to pop the bubbles after the pour, which worked perfectly. I will be interested to see how the glossy finish stands up to normal use, how easy it is to keep it looking good, etc.

I originally chose Superclear Tabletop for my countertop project because it has outstanding reviews, a long history of excellence, and the item description includes "countertops" and color mixing as a usage. Hindsight says, I shouldn't have. Murphy's law has dogged this project every step of the way and I just bought my 3rd kit for the one project. 🙃 Ugh. But I actually do like this product, I just didn't fully understand it and its limitations early on.Here's what I learned that I wish I had known initially:*Low viscosity: very very thick. If you have lots of colors you are trying to add to a large surface, good luck. Dirty pours do not like to self level unless you have tons of helpers to get those colors mixed super fast.* Highly reactive: we followed the manufacturers instructions to a T. Or so we thought. They didn't have the youtube vid up for the first pour, about slowly hand mixing the product at the time, so we used a drill paddle. Bad. BadbadbadbadBAD. Don't do that. Use a stir stick and go S.L.O.W.And when they say, no more than 1/2 gallon at a time. They mean, don't even approach a 1/2 gallon at once. On attempt #2 when we switched to 1Litre mixes, it worked brilliantly. Use the metric system for large pours and have a helper who solely mixes product.Otherwise overheating and flash curing is a very real risk. Very easy to trigger with this eppxy.* Other brand's Dispersion fluids do work with product for mixing colors. Thank God, too! Or our project would be a total bust. Of course, use the absolute least amount necessary (>5% volume) but at 3% it was fine. Yay!* Self leveling can be tricky with colors. Expect to do some flood coats for large surfaces. Small areas are no problem (5sq ft easy, but 20sq ft, not so much) I think the 2nd flood coat should be perfectly level. Fingers crossed anyway. So plan for your project to gain thickness if it needs to fit in a prescribed space* Oh, and the working time is short. So move move move when you start mixing. Have your colors already measured and ready to go as soon as the 2 parts meet. Have a plan and do not take your time at any point if you are doing colors. And get some assistants. 2 people with so much real estate was a bad idea. Get some helpers and you should be fine.* Also, this product absolutely refuses to spread nicely over my edges. We had to fill in bare spots by hand with a cheap paint brush. Nightmare moment. If you tape dam, you must pull the dam quickly. Like, 30min - no more than 1 hour and be diligent about breaking surface tension. Also, I highly recommend mixing enough for your edges first, spread with your gloved hands to get 100% edge coverage, then do the top pour. Learned that the hard way too.After all that, we are sticking with Superclear for this project because 'the devil you know'and also, it really does cure beautifully. Perfect hardness throughout. Few bubbles (after the paddle fiasco was corrected). High gloss finish, easy sanding, fast cure, forgiving on thickness (up to 1/4" per pour) and allegedly high durability (remains to be seen for us) makes this a great product. Just so happened that Superclear Tabletop was not the right product for our project, but the price tag is decent and now for the final flood coat it seems risky to switch resins, so hopefully the last will give us the perfect levelness we need. 🤞In summary, if you have a large project where you want to add lots of micas and dye, this is going to be tough with this product. Not impossible, but tricky. Consider their new 2:1 'countertop' (yes I am grumpy it came out just a few weeks after we were committed to 'tabletop') epoxy. I haven't tried it, but I suspect they addressed some of the more challenging traits of tabletop epoxy with it. Tabletop is phenomenal for floodcoats. Or basically clear pours without additives or for small surfaces, but the greater the surface you need to cover, the more challenging it will be with this reactive epoxy.

Great resin I use it for solid color projects no UV concern this is UV resin and good and clear.

Love this stuff