- Planing the wood till fully flat on the bottom, the top side can still have some curved shapes as it will be casted with epoxy resin creating small 'Islands' in the top part of the table.

- Grinding of the bark is very important to create a strong bond between the wood and the resin, if you don't remove the bark, you might face some problems with the resin breaking of the rest of the wood as it isn't a strong bond.

- Sanding everything flat and smooth with grid p180.

- Clean your wood with degreaser or acetone to remove any oil residues or natural residues from the wood that might cause some problems with the epoxy.

- Blow of the wood with compressed air to remove any wood dust left that might get trapped in the resin later on.