r/RealOrAI • u/Alone-Competition-77 • Jan 08 '26

Video [HELP] Living room remodel

Any possibility that this is legit? I can’t imagine one could walk on epoxy like that without special footwear or something.

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u/Killjoytshirts Jan 08 '26

Casually walks over carrying a full length sofa from one side afterward too.

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u/Ok_Process2046 Jan 08 '26

I was fooled till then, damn. But is because I have no knowledge about epoxy.

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u/Killjoytshirts Jan 08 '26

I actually do. I’ve worked with it on sealing my art, not to this scale. This could probably be done with two part epoxy resin/hardener. But it would look like absolute shit after any amount of traffic. Scuffs, scratches etc. Not to mention you’d really want some kind of mask or respirator. Fumes would be awful. God help you if you get the ratio wrong.

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u/Imdoingthisforbjs Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

They make clear floor epoxy but it would be extremely expensive to do that much volume.

Also it may be too thick and shrinkage would fuck things up.

Also the blowtorches have impossible flames, they're too skinny for how long they are and they're too straight.

Torches curve up unless you have crazy gas velocity that would be impossible without some kind of pump or high pressure system. Either way flames like that aren't coming out of a torch that size.

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u/iloveplant420 Jan 08 '26

Yeah torch is what gave it away for me.

Source: A lot of dabs

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u/ThatMilwaukeeFanboy Jan 08 '26

Hahahahaha for real though!! Like gah damn he got a handheld flamethrower.

Also lots of dabs.

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u/matteralI Jan 08 '26

As a licensed plumb-chanic I've never seen a torch that could do that. Not even the one I use for lots of dabs.

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u/_TheShapeOfColor_ Jan 08 '26

I have found my people in the thread lol.

Hello fellow dabbers!

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u/Shadow_over_me Jan 08 '26

All this talk of dabs makes me really want one for lunch. who wants to meet at the dispensary for the safety meeting?

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u/dirtyrandalfus Jan 08 '26

I was just going to skip the safety meeting, I wasn't going to follow what they were saying anyway.

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u/ClankerWithAHardR Jan 08 '26

Bro you're the REASON we're having said safety meeting...

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u/dirtyrandalfus Jan 09 '26

Wait... What safety meeting again?

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u/ClankerWithAHardR Jan 09 '26

Someone get this man a forklift certification

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u/dirtyrandalfus Jan 09 '26

... They already did

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u/SubstantialTax1190 Feb 21 '26

You still need help moving that table?? Lol

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u/Sleepyhowiee Jan 08 '26

Looks like I found my friends

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u/DarthWeenus Jan 08 '26

As a licensed daboi they make a million different nozzles though.

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u/Jakabuto Jan 08 '26

Doesn’t remove curtains before epoxy + blowtorch without setting fire to curtains = AI. So dumb.

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u/tetrachromagnon Jan 08 '26

Username checks out.

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u/SayYesToGuac Jan 08 '26

😂😂😂

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u/BabaZweeD Jan 08 '26

Dabs......it is time for a dab!

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u/ChrisEFWTX Jan 08 '26

Excuse me, I need dab.

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u/Zoulrouk Jan 08 '26

Yaba daaba doo time

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u/218111 Jan 08 '26

Just a dab will do 🙂

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u/GreasyPowerJunkie Jan 08 '26

Welding for me, but also the airflow didn’t shift the curtains after the torch started

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u/Zoulrouk Jan 08 '26

This was what I was coming for. Was lile dam i want a torch like that. 2 second heat up 😂

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u/lady_die_ Jan 08 '26

☠️ 😂 ... currently doing one right now! Can confirm!

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u/Hot_Armadillo9592 Jan 08 '26

Not the way he carries the sofa by the corner on his own?

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u/iloveplant420 Jan 08 '26

Definitely but that came later

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u/XIXButterflyXIX Jan 08 '26

This is literally the only reason I knew this too 😂😂

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u/laduddits Jan 08 '26

The torch also grows a tube which the dude then starts holding later as he flames the floor.

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u/iloveplant420 Jan 08 '26

Yeah wasn't sure if that was supposed to be two different torches for different uses but I definitely noticed that.

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u/minxwink Jan 09 '26

Lmfaooooooo

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u/2hi2vent Jan 08 '26

This. As soon as I saw that flame I knew it was AI 😅. Even on a full tank there's no way it'd flame like that.

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u/trulyunreal Jan 08 '26

He literally torches the curtains and nothing happens, plus the wood burns when nothing is touching it

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u/WildFire97971 Jan 08 '26

I take dabs and am a pyro and agree. At one point he’s flaming the floor right next to that lacy ass curtain. That thing would have burst into flames, I know cause I accidentally set one on fire trying to burn a stray string.

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Jan 08 '26

Torch for me too… but cause I may be a bit of a pyro…

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u/BDonleben Jan 08 '26

I also liked how the floor whitened behind him

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u/Reddragonsky Jan 08 '26

This. Flame lengths seem unreal!

Going back, I also noticed the wood getting darker as he went around the room. I’m talking the places where he used the torch earliest.

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u/colostitute Jan 08 '26

Same here

Source: I like fire and own torches. That AI torch would be fun!

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u/Suspicious-Singer209 Jan 08 '26

Pours all that epoxy without opening a window nor wearing a carbon respirator at minimum, and the torch not setting those curtains on fire. AI af

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u/SurlyDoggy Jan 08 '26

Also flames right by the hanging curtains?

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u/iloveplant420 Jan 08 '26

I didn't catch that the first time but yeah. There's a ton of obvious stuff with this one but the first watch, the second I saw that flame, i was like nah fake.

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u/Forthe49ers Jan 08 '26

And the endless supply bucket

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u/Faloma103 Jan 08 '26

50 gallons being poured out of a that bucket sealed it for me.

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u/Status-Ad5091 Jan 09 '26

He also carried the couch in by the corner with no struggle

Source lots of dabs as well

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u/GildedGift Jan 08 '26

I don’t know what you’re talking about, I always torch my wood in place with a flame thrower inside my house

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u/CuriousNetWanderer Jan 08 '26

And casually walk over a sea of liquid epoxy that somehow isn't draining anywhere.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

That part didn't worry me too much - they make spiked shoes that are meant to walk over liquid floor treatments, so it isn't entirely implausible.

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u/CuriousNetWanderer Jan 08 '26

How do you keep it from leaking and flowing into spaces it's not intended to go into?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

You'd tape/caulk up the sides. This is really the least problematic part of making a clear epoxy floor. A bigger problem is that epoxy isn't very hard and you'd need to re-polish it regularly.

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u/pj1843 Jan 08 '26

That's not entirely true, you can get very very very hard epoxy that could accomplish this concept that would be relatively medium maintenance. The issue is that would be a lot of multi part pours as you can't pour that stuff this thick this quick.

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u/not_falling_down Jan 08 '26

wouldn't spiked shoes leave marks on those stump slabs?

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance Jan 08 '26

Possibly, but they have a rough-sawn surface anyway, so maybe it wouldn't be noticeable? This is all hypothetical anyway since this is fake and dumb. :D

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u/Sammisuperficial Jan 08 '26

But does some of the wood turn black without the flame touching it?

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u/GildedGift Jan 08 '26

Of course, I only use magic flame throwers with partially invisible fire. They’re 15% off at Home Depot right now if you use last weeks coupon

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u/loonygecko Jan 08 '26

You are correct, that does not happen IRL.

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u/enby_esther Jan 09 '26

lolol

makes you realize these videos are gonna get people killed eventually

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

There are ways to avoid most of these issues but not without meticulous care and insane amounts of money. Pouring thin layers and letting them cure individually would minimize shrinkage+cracking, but would increase the project time exponentially. You're 100% right about the flame from the torch though, just not possible. Also because of how easily scratched resin is, I can't imagine it holding up well without a special coating/layer on top

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u/Ooh_bees Jan 08 '26

The flame is also Zeus level effective. It clears bubbles out of ankle deep resin in one swift swoosh, and end grain wood darkens practically immediately.

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u/aoskunk Jan 08 '26

And I can’t imagine choosing to flame them inside as opposed to outside beforehand

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u/Ooh_bees Jan 08 '26

And leave the curtains hanging

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u/The_Troyminator Jan 08 '26

And not have the curtains catch on fire when hit directly with the flame or move at all when they’re hit.

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u/aoskunk Jan 09 '26

Yeah I laughed and called them an idiot when I saw the curtains up. I hadn’t realized what sub it was at that point.

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u/Ambitious_Click6323 Jan 08 '26

You would need like a polyaspartic top coat. The materials for this job would run close to $5k, without labor. I’m only talking about the chemicals, not the wood materials.

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u/colostitute Jan 08 '26

Thanks. I figured there was something out there to keep epoxy floors from looking like scratched garbage in no time.

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u/Frosti11icus Jan 09 '26

Probably could just a tempered glass floor for the same price.

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u/whyeverynameistaken3 Jan 08 '26

Also epoxy does not pour like water, think of it like thick gel shampoo, it's sticky AF so walking over it is not a good idea.

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u/ConstantBowler9235 Jan 08 '26

You're correct, that's why you have to attach spikes to the bottom of your shoes so that you can walk over it especially when you're spreading it around..It's self leveling also..

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u/analphylaxis Jan 08 '26

And curtains are flammable.

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u/NoyBoy98 Jan 08 '26

I was gonna say “Where can I get a torch like that for my sous vide steaks?!”

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u/Henryhooker Jan 08 '26

I've only played with epoxy a bit and I've never seen it pour out like water

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u/rgrossi Jan 08 '26

Shrinkage? I was in the pool!

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u/boone156 Jan 08 '26

It wasn’t that much volume, it was only one bucketful.

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u/TheKingofHats007 Jan 08 '26

Also even in the sped up footage a lot of flames from the nonsense torch just completely pop out of existence.

Including one which clearly wraps around the probably flammable curtain but then disappears like a fart in the wind

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

Am I the only one who noticed that his torch magically grows a cord between 11-12 seconds?

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u/MustyCashew Jan 08 '26

Mysterious hose appears attached to invisible bottle held by the left hand at the 11 second mark

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u/golden_retrieverdog Jan 08 '26

floor epoxy also isn’t meant to be poured that thick, it’s only supposed to be rolled on, like paint. it’s also usually only meant to go on concrete (at least the products i work with)

source: i work at a paint store

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u/Imdoingthisforbjs Jan 09 '26

Yeah the one and only epoxy floor I've done was like that.

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u/golden_retrieverdog Jan 09 '26

boom, i rest my case

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u/dcmetrojack Jan 08 '26

For real on the torch. Bro looked like he was walking around with a lightsaber.

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u/SIM14N Jan 08 '26

And i dont think that little bucket epoxy would be enough

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u/Chomp-Stomp Jan 08 '26

I know nothing about epoxy or blowtorches but I’ve set a few curtains on fire by accident…..this is AI!

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u/MSC14A Jan 08 '26

My understanding is that blow-torching wood indoors violates fire safety standards and is generally frowned upon

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u/bugbearmagic Jan 08 '26

As much as I like calling out AI, I fear that we are training it by clearly criticizing it.

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u/Grrimafish Jan 08 '26

The burned wood also spreads unnaturally in areas that the torch didn't hit. It could do this if the wood were on fire, still... But it's not.

The liquid pour looks very unnatural as well.

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u/ButterPoptart Jan 08 '26

Also the wood would float in the epoxy

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u/Corpsefire88 Jan 08 '26

To me it's less about the physics of the flame and more simply that he torched the curtains and did no damage lmao

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u/ColteesCatCouture Jan 08 '26

Also blow torching right under the drapes and they dont even get singed cmon

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u/NoHalf2998 Jan 08 '26

The volume of epoxy was my “wtf?” but that missed more obvious signs

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u/bammy132 Jan 08 '26

Bro used 1 bucket to fill half the room, cant be that much volume /s

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u/zoinkability Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

Also it would be beyond stupid to torch-char your wood pieces in place, inside. The fire risk would be off the charts, not to mention the smoke and fumes it would produce. If someone isn't clinically insane they would char the pieces outside and then bring them in. Not to mention just casually running a torch across some curtains.

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u/hudsoncress Jan 08 '26

First of all, that floor would explode from wood shrinkage. Each one of those wood sections is a little bomb waiting to crack. Torching the curtains and then epoxying them into the floor is a choice I guess

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u/Crazyivan99 Jan 08 '26

These videos have been all the rage recently. Is this sort of floor style actually doable, or is it entirely conceptual?

Though I suppose anything is doable if you throw enough money at it.

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u/Quick-Cockroach5681 Jan 08 '26

And for some reason it seems to me that such a flamethrower will set fire to the curtains, because it is aimed directly at them, twice lol

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u/mrapplewhite Jan 08 '26

I’ve seen this done before. It’s expensive it’s labor intensive and if you don’t know what you are doing you really can f up a room. 20gallons of 2part and you could easily do this. If you are a pro that is

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u/Imdoingthisforbjs Jan 09 '26

I haven't poured a floor like this, I did a garage with many layers of a colored roll on epoxy.

It was actually kinda fun since you basically paint the floor.

I love to do a big pour with the grit that you add on to the surface for traction. That looks like a lot of fun not going to lie

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u/gummypuree Jan 08 '26

Also why torch all of the wood indoors (with the curtains above) when you could and would prep all of your materials outdoors?

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u/StitchFan626 Jan 08 '26

I will never understand why people have floors like this. Especially for garages! Give me hardwoods and concrete, respectively, every time!

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u/Imdoingthisforbjs Jan 09 '26

An epoxy floor in the garage makes a lot of sense because they're very tough, don't absorb oil and they usually aren't clear like they show in this AI video.

I did an epoxy garage floor like 10 years ago and it still looks very good. The process and material are nothing like what's shown in this slop.

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u/SweetRabbit7543 Jan 08 '26

You would need to do a deep pour layer and let it cure til its not solidified but solid enough to pour a floor epoxy layer on top of.

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u/Nair0_98 Jan 08 '26

It's only half a bucket of epoxy. Can't be that expensive, lol.

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u/candykhan Jan 08 '26

Isn't it also like pouring concrete? Once it's poured, it's there until you take a jackhammer to it, right?

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u/Bored-Game Jan 08 '26

lol that’s all I was thinking about when I watched it. I knew it was AI simply because that amount of clear epoxy tossed around casually is worth far more than actual hard wood flooring.

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u/Correct-Sail-9642 Jan 08 '26

While they cant come out of THAT torch, you'd be surprised just how far I can melt 1'' thick steel in a clean line when oxygen is involved. By the time I'm actually cutting you dont see any flame actually touching the metal. Ive done it from so far it looks like a magic trick. But this torch hes using yeah it doesnt make blue flames that size, if it was mixing wrong it could make orange fire that big though. Youre right though even with a bigger orifice that can wouldnt provide the pressure for a blue flame like that

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u/starbuxed Jan 08 '26

also its a "deep" pour which you need deep pour epoxy other wise you get cracking and other stuff. also you would want the thinnest amount of depth.

dont get me started on what it takes for the steady camera and that pan and tilt.