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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 05/04/2014 :  10:19:24  Show Profile
Last week, when we got 4+" of rain, the port end of my dinette table (against the port side) got soaked. It's made of solid mdf particle board that has a Formica/plastic veneer glued to the top and a brown edge trim going around the outside. Much of the Formica has separated from the board.
I took the piece out and let it dry in the sun, but once this stuff gets wet it's pretty much useless.
My options are:
1. Buy some plywood, cut to shape and reuse the veneer and edge trim. Ick
2. Get some teak veneer instead. Better
3. Build a solid wood table (glue several 10"x1" boards edge-on together) and strengthen with wood cleats underneath. This could be a major effort.
I can probably do 1 for the summer and make 3 a winter project. If I do 2 I'll probably never change it out.
Suggestions?
Bruce Ross
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Response Posted - 05/04/2014 :  12:38:46  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Perhaps go the ply wood route, Iron on veneer edging and a few coats of polyurethane.

Robust, durable, and comparatively easy.

Paul
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Response Posted - 05/04/2014 :  13:36:05  Show Profile
Something like luan- or birch-veneered plywood is relatively inexpensive and can be stained to match your teak. You can also get veneer tape to do the edges. It shouldn't be hard to improve on the fake factory table, but I'd focus on that leak before I did it.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/04/2014 :  15:05:21  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
You can buy luan (Philipine teak) from door supply places called "door skins". They're generally about 5-6mm (1/4"-ish), and as Dave pointed out, relatively cheap. One of them would probably be enough. Bond them to the top of some decent 3/4" ply, do the iron on thing Paul recommended, and it's a weekend project. Use the old table as a template, glue it up with Gorilla glue, seal the edges of all the ply with epoxy, let it sit for a couple of days to allow the amine blush from the epoxy come through, clean it up with acetone (it's sort of waxy), do the iron on bit, trim the edges with a scary sharp chisel, cover it up with some polyurethane or a nice spar varnish, done.

And again as Dave said, find that leak & kill it.
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Response Posted - 05/06/2014 :  08:08:53  Show Profile
Check into teak coffee and end tables from box stores. Toss the legs and you are done. I wanted a smaller table once and used an end table top.
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Response Posted - 05/06/2014 :  08:47:12  Show Profile
<< Check into teak coffee and end tables from box stores. >>

Sweet idea Frank... I'd love an old english pub table. I've got one at home that the top sits on the legs.

now I'm gonna be on the lookout for a suitable size )
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