Post #352079 by Aloha John on Sun, Dec 30, 2007 10:42 PM

Good info TikiSkip, thanks!

However I think I have decided to go back to plan A. In addition to reasons already discussed I am also hesitant to try the pour on something so big for my first, and also due to reflections from the sun. I decided to do a test this afternoon. I had some scrap plexi that I cut into 2 rectangles (12" x 28" each - it's all I had left). I placed them on the bar with postcards underneath. I think I like the look of the postcards confined to one area, or 2, under glass. However there was a nasty glare that made the postcards hard to see from certain angles.

So I am going to cut out 2 sections of the flooring each 15" x 30". I will then get 2 pieces of glare reducing glass cut at 14 3/4 x 29 3/4. I will lay lauhala and postcards in the holes and shim it up with pieces of luan under the matting until the glass is flush with the flooring. Then add silicone into the 1/8" gap around the glass and add some skinny wood trim with small screws into the siliconed area to finish it off.

I know spills will go through the tongue in groove joints on the flooring and reach my chipboard base, but I am hoping that I can simply keep spills limited with a bar towel, and keep sweaty glasses on coasters.

I know I can get solex tempered glass cut at auto glass places...I assume they have glare reducing glass at generic glass places too?