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Summary by Krater

The host builds and mounts a massive old-growth redwood slab, using a dry ice blaster for cleaning, a CNC router for flattening, and custom bow tie jigs. He concludes by detailing the sanding, epoxy base coat, and Osmo finish process required to bring out the wood grain.

From the video

Answers: How do you flatten, finish, and mount an old-growth redwood slab?

• old-growth redwood slab preparation
• dry ice blasting wood cleaning
• CNC router flattening wood slabs
• bow tie inlay jigs and techniques
• epoxy base coat wood finishing
• Osmo wood finish application
• mounting heavy wood slabs to walls

What it concludes

• An edge that is cut is much easier to clean and more hygienic than a live edge.
• Applying an epoxy base coat, sanding it off, and then applying Hard Wax Oil gives significantly more depth and color to redwood than applying oil directly.
• Seal-A-Cell seals redwood up and hardens it without building up an unwanted shine.
• Osmo 3043 provides a high-gloss finish when buffed correctly, but should be used as a decorative finish rather than a durable protective table top coating.
• Using a 600-grit Abranet sanding pad with Osmo creates a polished stone-like wood finish.