"roger" wrote in message
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Our stand is fine but the top needs replacing.
Two 5' 0" x 4' 6" sheets of chipboard or MDF?
Which would be best?
Plywood definitely doesn't seem to have the 'bounce'.

Is the matt green paint anything special?
Or do I just get Dulux matt oilpaint mixed to the right colour?

This *is* just a 'fun' table BTW.

OK, but you might as well get it right as get it wrong. These are the official
Rules of Table Tennis concerning the table:

2.1 THE TABLE
2.1.1 The upper surface of the table, known as the playing surface, shall be
rectangular, 2.74m long and 1.525m wide, and shall lie in a horizontal plane
76cm above the floor.
2.1.2 The playing surface shall not include the vertical sides of the tabletop.
2.1.3 The playing surface may be of any material and shall yield a uniform
bounce of about 23cm when a standard ball is dropped on to it from a height of
30cm.
2.1.4 The playing surface shall be uniformly dark coloured and matt, but with a
white side line, 2cm wide, along each 2.74m edge and a white end line, 2cm wide,
along each 1.525m edge.
2.1.5 The playing surface shall be divided into 2 equal courts by a vertical
net running parallel with the end lines, and shall be continuous over the whole
area of each court.
2.1.6 For doubles, each court shall be divided into 2 equal half-courts by a
white centre line, 3mm wide, running parallel with the side lines; the centre
line shall be regarded as part of each right half-court.

All the other Laws are on the International Table Tennis Federation website -
http://www.ittf.com/

Peter