# What do you all use for Table top finish

**URL:** https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051
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**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051 "2024-12-19T20:29:03Z")
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### Author: ![3D-CNC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/3d-cnc/32/33076_2.png) [@3D-CNC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/3D-CNC)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051/1 "2024-12-19T20:29:03Z")

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I am getting ready to build a new table for my new journeyman and wondering what you all have used to finish coat the top surface that your machine mounts on. Paint, clear coat, etc?

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### Author: ![Dirkus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/dirkus/32/9060_2.png) [@Dirkus](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Dirkus)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051/2 "2024-12-19T22:24:31Z")

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I didn’t see a need to finish the tabletop. My Foreman Elite is on a naked chipboard tabletop.

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### Author: ![Ruairisdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Ruairisdad](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Ruairisdad)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051/3 "2024-12-19T23:19:57Z")

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Nothing. My top is a piece of 18mm Baltic Birch plywood, with a piece of 1" MDF mounted in between the Y-rails. A 1" MDF spoilboard mounts on top of that.

My Journeyman is in a climate-controlled space; I might have used a finish if it was going to be in a space with wide humidity swings.

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### Author: ![Off-kilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Off-kilter](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/Off-kilter)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051/4 "2024-12-20T14:53:00Z")

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No finish at all. My table top is MDF on a torsion box I would think that a finish would actually pose a problem if not done properly, ensuring you do the same on the bottom as the top surface otherwise you can wind up with warping. Not a good thing for a CNC table.

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### Author: ![3D-CNC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/3d-cnc/32/33076_2.png) [@3D-CNC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/3D-CNC)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/what-do-you-all-use-for-table-top-finish/30051/5 "2024-12-20T14:53:52Z")

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Yeah, there would be a chance of that. Thanks