We have the same sheet of glass on our dining room table for 30 years.
Except for a few scratches it is still in great shape and has protected the
wood table underneath it. We use the plastic circles sold at Ace hardware.
Maybe twice a year we clean the underside of the glass. We use glassplus
wipes and they do a great job on it.



"aemeijers" wrote in message
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ng_reader wrote:
Hi,

Over the years I have acquired fancy furniture that has this form fitting
glass surface. This 1/4" glass presents a tremendously hard and useful
surface.

But brittle.

I've made a few inquiries and local mirror shops seem to be the
established businesses fabricating exact replacements.

But, always one to save a nickel, is there something out there that is
"DIY", "do-it-yourself"?

Maybe a very high quality thick plastic that you can cut with special
tools... ?
Oh, it is available. But even the fancy stuff scratches easier than glass,
and glass is cheaper by far. Being a klutz, glass table tops/covers always
made me paranoid. Unless you use those plastic circles or pennies under
them, they slide around or fuse to the finish. And cleaning them is a
major PITA, and tends to get the windex trapped under the edges unless you
are super-careful and spray from the far side of the table. We have lots
of conference rooms at work with glass over the tops of the tables. Almost
always, at least one table in the room has the glass missing or a big chip
or crack, from oopsies by cleaning crew, or somebody hitting it just wrong
with their coffee cup or something.

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aem sends....