Epoxy does not stick to glossy surfaces. Many of us know this because we have re-used plastic mixing pots by simply "popping" out hardened epoxy from the last use. I have been using plastic sheets over, around, and under some laminating work I've been doing - works great - does not stick at all. After laminating up a bridge cap the other day, I found I had mixed up quite a bit too much epoxy - I had at least a half cup left over (maybe 50 cc). I set it on my work table on top of a few pieces of haphazardly thrown lumber. The next day I looked to find that the mixing pot had fallen over and was up-side-down, mixed in with several pieces of wood. Picked up pot - it was empty. My initial thought was that I would have to get my chainsaw to cut the mess of epoxied-to-table wood off the table. To my pleasant surprise, I grabbed the wood, yanked, and the whole epoxied-together mess came up fairly easily along with all traces of epoxy. Just a few weeks ago, I had sprayed a fresh coat of gloss polyurethane on the one-piece MDF table top. As long as I am messing about with epoxy, I think I'll keep a nice glossy surface on my table! Terry Farrell
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