Not being in America most companies won't supply me with the goods. Casinosupplies.com isn't an option for me. Even though Holland is almost the 51st state, they won't deliver here.
Still, it's not hard to find closed celled foam here. And I have. Also, what I feared was true. The opencelled stuff won't stand the test of time. It's no biggie in that the table was
planned so that the upholstered centre piece easily comes off and can be easily redone. So that saves my current table. But I've been warned for the next. I knew I had to get theclosed celled stuff, but it was easier to get a hold of opencelled at the moment. Regretted it the moment I placed it on.
As for gluing the foam to the cloth, I saw that in one tutorial. I immediately know that that was not what I wanted. I did NOT want to redo the whole table if someone spilled a drink! I now glued the foam to the board with a non permanent adhesive. I regretted having to apply the glue to the wood, but the foam would collapse when I applied the glue to it. That won't be problem with closed celled.
PS. A question:
When you upholster your table. Do you treat the cloth with a wet rag to get it on there tighter? I thought you wrote something like that, and it's close to something I thought of doing myself.
Explain please!