To me it's confusing when someone says they pick at breaker stage b/c four breaker stages are recognized in the tomato industry. Breaker 1 is where there's just a blush at the bottom. Breaker stage 2 is color maybe up about 1/3 of the fruit. Breaker stage 3 is color up to about half. Breaker stage 4 is color almost up to the stem. I don't pick mine until there's color at least halfway up, but I guess there are folks who have critter and bird problems who might want to pick them earlier. And most of the time I let them ripen on the vine b'c I want to. LOL It all depends on what your usage for the fruits is, how many plants/fruits you're growing and knowing what kind of shelf life they have. And yes, shipped in fruits are picked usually at breaker 1 and then put in large chambers and gassed with ethylene gas to speed ripening. Tomatoes normally produce ethylene gas themselves as part of the ripening process, but gassing them externally does speed up the process. And folks do the same thing when they try to ripen fruits in paper bags or wrap them in newspaper. It's not that those shipped in ones that look anemic are unripe, rather, specific commercial varieties have been developed that are more amenable to gassing and the taste was never there in the first place. Sigh. Carolyn

It sounds cool to me! I haven't seen it but sounds like a great way to use a perfectly good tabletop. Obvously whomever is going to install it/make it work would have to give you the practical answer. By the way, I HAVE seen an old DOOR, believe it or not, used as a table top, and that was very funky and fun. Love to see a photo of your topper/cabinets if possible....good luck!

Well Folks..more than a year..the table is back to being...ehhh. Recall I had wiped it down with mineral spirits and pretty much left it go. We have not used any polish since either but it was likely polished with pledge at some point...again not for at least a year and never regulary. So, it time to strip or seal. About half the posts mentioned stripping. I have some concerns and my wife does not like the idea for a variety of reasons including the mess and smell and time without the table. So..that not happening. She'd be happy leaving it go but I do not want it getting worse. It was bought at 'Just Cabinets' 10 years ago..From the other posts it seems the consensus is that its likley a was water based poly use by manufacturers of cheaper table because it dries quick. If so, it sounds like I can sand lightly and re poly with another water based poly without worry of peeling. Correct? Is there a huge difference in the MixWax water based Poly and anything else. I am guessing I will have to do this again down the road so unless special ordering something somehow lasts longer, I can get MinWax locally. Thanks!

https://www.fabglassandmirror.com/glass-table-tops?gclid=Cj0KCQjwjbveBRDVARIsAKxH7vl0qwo8M5IC__eD5mixBLk_K1mWYD33IASECIdKFnszcqoBdysIAJMaAqtmEALw_wcB Here's a source that should help you decide. They will answer all your questions. Have you considered a racetrack shape for a table which is that large?