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Plywood to temporarily englarge dining table

Emma79 · 2008-12-02 11:52:00

Hi folks, This Christmas I have 8 adults to seat (and feed!), and have a fairly normal sized table which we could fit 6 on at a push. I don't have any other tables I could use, so my grandma suggested getting a large sheet of plywood to put on top and covering with a tablecloth. Seems like a good and inexpensive idea,…

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coolagarry Posts: 1,261 Forumite

2 December 2008 at 11:21PM

We use an 8x4 sheet of mdf and it works really well. Originally the idea was to store it in the garage when not in use but now we just leave it permanently on the table. I varnished it and it came up really nice.
I put laths under the mdf just outside the line of the original table (which we kept an old table cloth on to protect the wood).
This means that the mdf stays in position and doesn't slide around.

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