Epoxy is a good and helpful materials sometimes ready by mixing two elements collectively. However typically we discover ourselves mixing an excessive amount of epoxy for the job at hand, and we find yourself with some waste left behind. [Keith Decent’s] utility mat goals to make good use of what’s in any other case waste materials.

The idea is straightforward but ingenious. It’s a versatile mat that serves as a mildew for all types of straightforward little plastic workshop instruments. The concept is that when you might have some epoxy left over from pouring a end on a desk or laying up some composites, you’ll be able to then pour the surplus into numerous sections of the utility mat. The epoxy can then be left to harden, producing all method of helpful little instruments.

It could appear foolish, but it surely may save your workshop loads of nickels and dimes. Why preserve shopping for field after field of stir sticks when you’ll be able to merely make a couple of with zero effort from the epoxy left out of your final job? The utility mat additionally makes different helpful nicknacks like glue spreaders, scrapers, wedges, and painter’s pyramids.

We’ve seen different nice recycling hacks over time too. Video after the break.