Wher can I find this (clear pourable plastic)

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My wife has made a mosaic table and I want to pour about 3mm of liquid plastic over it to seal it in and protect the tiles from being chipped etc.

What I am after is about 2 litres of liquid plastic that will set as hard as possible once I have poured it.

Any ideas of a cheap supplier for this sort of thing ?
 
It's going to be a two part resin but I can't recommend one.

A 2-pack car paint might be more resilient to chipping that a resin. Lechlar or Max Meyer are two good ones.

Sensible health and safety bit / disclaimer: Make sure you use a 3M 4251 mask, latex gloves and goggles when you use it because the fumes are toxic. If you use 2-pack paints more than just occasionally you should consider an air fed respirator mask and disposable protective suit.
 
Jonny69 said:
It's going to be a two part resin but I can't recommend one.

A 2-pack car paint might be more resilient to chipping that a resin. Lechlar or Max Meyer are two good ones.
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Are these going to be transparent ?
Jonny69 said:
Sensible health and safety bit / disclaimer: Make sure you use a 3M 4251 mask, latex gloves and goggles when you use it because the fumes are toxic. If you use 2-pack paints more than just occasionally you should consider an air fed respirator mask and disposable protective suit.
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Apparently axle stands are now sold in the US with a label saying "Not suitable for supporting automobiles" after some sap put one under the floor pan and the car slowly sank on top of him !
 
I would not use a 2pack laquer or any other sprayable/pourable substance as if it gets chipped you might damage the tiles/mosaic, 2pack is not that hard anyway would you use your car as a table. I would go for lexan or polycarbonate sheet and cut to shape to cover the whole table or if you can stretch to it have some tempered glass cut, this way if anything gets damaged the whole surface can be taken off and replaced without having to sand or otherwise remove anything phisically attached from the mosaic risking the wrath of the creator.
 
Think of it this way if a coating gets scratched, scuffed, chipped then you have to sand, otherwise remove the scratch to resurface the coating, you will not be able to do this with most if not all plastic/resin based coatings without clouding the view of the covered surface.
 
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