Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I’ll just point out that the counter top that I have has never had to be repainted nor refinished. My co-op used to have painted plywood surfaces that had to be refinished about yearly…too many splinters…until we went to counter top material. Their tables see much more abuse than mine ever will and the tops have lasted at least 7 years so far.
Formica is incredibly durable and was a strong candidate but I took it out of the running because A) aesthetics, B) the sound of a bearing bouncing on it annoys me. I don’t like glass table tops because the sound of setting a water glass on it equally annoys me. Kinda dumb but that’s just my sensibility.