: the strips would be glued and screwed, the epoxy would be used as a
: finish coat rolled or brushed on three to six coats in order to
: stiffen up the soft woods and for surface durability (west
: claims a quater inch is good they actually have a counter top
: section in their how to on their site) the reason for soft woods
: is the cost we live in B.C. so WRC is cheap so is pine, and
: epoxy comes at quite the savings as we work in fiberglass repair
: and epoxy is on hand.

: How would the epoxy hold up as a surface coat is more the question,
: would it look like heck in a short time, should it be cleared
: over? I don't know just fishing for info...

The biggest problems will be heat, the epoxy surface is not high heat resistant and no finish applied on top of it will fix this. Putting a hot pan on the counter will soften the epoxy enough to leave a permanant mark. Second problem is the epoxy takes quite a long time to fully cure and will be food toxic until that happens. I'd want at least 2 months of cure before I'd use it, would be an awful long time to not be able to use the kitchen.

Bill H.