A coffee table and bathroom remodel

[jameswswanson]

The Coffee table is made from Tigerwood. The bathroom I remodeled for a friend on the side. I made the cabinet, tile work and shower.

[jameswswanson]

coffee table

[jameswswanson]

Here are some pictures of the Bathroom.

[Rugar]

That coffee table is sweet! Did you make it, or refinish it? Kinda hard to tell from your thread title. Regardless, that finish is awesome.

[jameswswanson]

I made it with some left over scraps from work. We did a deck out of the same material.

[jameswswanson]

The finish is 3 coats of Lacquerer.

[deranged]

DAMN!!! You do Great work!!!

[ScratchStart]

I agree, that table is awesome, and if anyone shows that bathroom to my wife..... well it will be a very creative punishment.


Good work man. You have a lot more patience than me.

how does that laquer compare to urethane? I always use urethane, mostly cause I don't know any better. Does it last longer/ harder to apply? it has an awesome gloss.

and if you're not worried about giving away trade secrets, how does that table top go together? tongue and groove? or just glue and clamp? I have always wondered how they did that.

[jameswswanson]

Thanks scratch start,
I like to use laquer because you can sand it if anything is wrong and add another coat. It's typically a harder finish too. I spray it with a cup gun, make sure you thin it too. 70/30 to 60/40 works well for a spray application.

[performance]

James,
This is a nice table. Got any details?

[jameswswanson]

I don't know what details you want, but I'll explain a few things on how I built it. I ran all the boards for the top threw the plainer so they would be the same thickness, and because they were decking boards that didn't have a flat bottom. Next I ripped each board to width on my table saw, then ran them threw the edge jointer. I biscuited each joint every 4" and assembled with a liberal amount of glue and bar clamps. After the glue dried I went to my local hardwood supplier/ mill shop and had him run it threw his wide belt thickness sander. 10 min = $10 and it's well worth it. then I trimmed the ends, routed all the edges and the top was done. The legs are made from 4 different pieces each leg that are lock mitered and glued. All the other parts were assembled using pocket hole joinery. Theres no stain on the tiger wood just 3 coats of clear, one coat of sanding sealer and two coats of lacquer. The cool part about tiger wood is that it gets darker as it patinas out.

[jameswswanson]

Here's another bathroom remodel I'm working on. The shower tile is slate, and it was the first time I've worked with rock and not square tiles. The shower pan is a Wedi pan and wedi wall board 12" up, then 1/2 Hardi for the rest of the walls. I used red guard on the walls to dry them in before the stone. I grouted with a colored spec mix on the walls and regular sanded grout on the floor. 2 coats of diamond clear sealant to make the rocks look wet and repel water.