I’ve been looking for an outdoor prep station table for the new grill online and anything decent has been around $100 or it was plasticky looking schlock. Neither one were options I wanted to act on.
Yesterday to my good fortune I was driving by a yard sale and they had a beautiful old table, the perfect height with two layers to hold food, and grilling equipment. $15 is all it cost.
So here’s the thing. I don’t want to spend a lot of time or money restoring this table. I’d just like to do whatever I can with an hour’s worth of elbow greasy and less than $25 in materials to protect it from the elements, knowing it will be left outdoors.
How would you restore this table and protect it from the elements using the parameters I listed above? Toby suggested lightly sanding it using a coarse scothch brite pad and then using polyurethane. Does this seem like the best rout to you?
David Calvo? Anyone else that knows about wood, what are your thoughts?







