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   pantalones868 | Aug 29, 2024 08:13pm | #1

   A funny story from back in the day:
   An art school friend and probably the most talented of us, the one that landed Yale, got the Fulbright and grants etc. You know, our star, had an opening at Costelli Warehouse in NY. That was a big feather in your cap back in the 70s. He had an installation of cubes that he had made of vegetables set in a Lucite product called Roplex. The vegetables went straight from the market into the molds without any processing before hand. Fresh vegetables, corn and such! So, the cubes were installed and survived the opening but then began exploding one after the other. The vegetables decomposed and gased off creating plastic vegetable bombs. It actually would have been a terrific artistic statement had it been planned! The gallery was not pleased!
   So, greenwood competely encased in epoxy with no way for it to breath? I see a problem with that....

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   davidmalans | Aug 31, 2024 02:16am | #2

   Greenwood can be used in epoxy table tops, but it may still crack over time, even if fully submerged in epoxy. This is because greenwood contains high moisture content, which can cause it to shrink or expand as it dries. .

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   gulfstar | Aug 31, 2024 08:57am | #3

   If this was to work we would not be spending all that time and money drying wood. Two things will happen, first epoxy will not adhere to a wet surface and sooner than later will peel off, second, entrapped moisture, air and living organisms will brew a cocktail of mold and fungi.

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   Hurradaloch | Oct 04, 2024 02:09am | #4

   Using green wood in epoxy tabletops can be risky, as it may still crack even when fully submerged in epoxy. Green wood contains moisture that can lead to changes in size and shape as it dries, potentially causing the epoxy to crack or delaminate over time.