Starboard is your best option. Plexiglas will hold up to elements but is breakable. You can go with 1/4 in thick on plywood if you want to save a little money.

 

Second the Starboard. Or got to Sams and buy a bunch of their cutting boards. Square the edges and lay them together flush. Might be cheaper.

 

PVC board, Polyboard or HPDE. If you need a lot, starboard is HIGH and horrible on your knives. You can get a 4x8 sheet of 1/2" Polypropylene from Advanced Plastics in Elberta for well under $200. How much are you needing. I might have a piece to spare.

 

Polypropylene and HDPE (cutting board material) is not UV protected and will not last long in sunlight. Marine board (starboard) is HDPE that is UV protected. PVC will not wash well. Creative Acrylics on 9 mile road has marine board for $156/sheet or will cut it to size.

 

They quoted me a lot high price than that for starboard, like considerable higher.

Edit. The piece you're referring to is 1/4". I got quoted on 1/2". Seems like the way to go.

 

I bought this 6ft folding table at lowes and cut the legs off a few years ago. The surface has held up well.

http://m.lowes.com/pd/LIFETIME-PROD...64079&CAGPSPN=pla&store_code=438&k_clickID=4da1516b-14cd-4d56-879f-a33e5bdf6235


The plastic tabletop is weather resistant, stain resistant, and easy to wipe clean; table surface allows for smooth handwriting as well
Weight capacities are 469-lbs for uniform, evenly distributed loads and 200-lbs for center loaded weight

 

Lexan it wont break a 1/8th inch thick piece is cheap. laid down on top of plywood. when finished just wash it off. might think about fiber glassing the plywood top also.

 

if you have plex i glass, i'd use it. i don't se why it wouldn't work. we use it for bulletin board covers and it seems to hold up to the sun pretty good and if you have quite a bit of it you could change out the surface from time to time. you could paint the under side also.

 

I've got a pretty big pile of 1/4" plexiglass taken off my son's house when they remodeled. Probably will go that route with plywood under it for strength. Will glue it on so there is no screw heads to get nasty. Like a slick, clean surface.

 

plywood with 2-4 coats of sealer will last 3-4 years and if you sand and recoat before it starts to peel is easy to maintain. Have you looked at those cleaning tables at academy

 

They have both at homedepot.

 

Both what? Not starboard. You can find it online, but it won't ship to store. There isn't any within 300 miles or so.

 

Composite deck boards at Lowes?

Actual: 0.67-in x 11.25-in x 8-ft $30

 

My suggestion

Go to a restaurant supply house and get the largest cutting board they have. We have one that is mounted on an angle iron frame mounted on our rig offshore and it has been there for over a decade. A little faded, but still good to go. If it isn't to your liking after it ages, take a belt sander to it to freshen it up. I like them as you can bleach the heck out of it to get rid of the bacteria... and it is easy to use, not bad on your knives, easy to cut with a router or saw, and works cheaply!

I have an old stainless steel cabinet door (heavy duty) that I use at home. I got the door as a freebie, and I put my cutting boards on the stainless surface.

Good luck.

 

I'm with Ed on this one - plywood! I don't like my fish to be sliding around while I'm working on them, and it's easier on a knife blade than other surfaces. Cleanup with a Chlorox solution and a deck brush. Only lasts a few seasons? Big f'ing deal. Replacement is cheap and easy.

 

good thought, never thought about the fish sliding around. this is the one i built. i love it, but you're right. some times the fish slide around, especially the smaller ones. the first one was for a friend, the second is mine.

 

If you saw my deer/fish cleaning station I did, I made my top outta granite. It's not slick smooth so it should grip purty well. I have a big odd shaped spare piece but you wouldn't get a really wide table out of it. Maybe 18-20 inches? Not sure on length....

 

Yes they have BOTH! Homedepot

 

Interesting.

 

Sheet of 1/4" starboard is $114 at Advanved Plastics. Picking up a sheet next week.

 

How about having strips of wood to box in the cutting board so it stays in that spot and taking it off to clean /store out of the weather? Drill holes in the corners of the strips thru the table to drain.