Originally Posted by sewmom
I, too amm married to an engineer. And I want a big ironing board-2 actually, so I can have one at the lake. When I told him about drilling the holes in it so the steam doesn't come back to the iron he said that you couldn't just lay it on the table because there would be no place for the steam to go. So I'm still waiting! Typical wait for something around here is measured in years not months or days.
My husband poo-poohed the idea of drilling holes to let the steam escape because he said with ply it would only give the steam more acess to the glue that binds the ply in every one of the holes.
Which is why he is now considering a marine varnish.
He did mention something about marble as well until I told him he'd have to pick it up and take it off for me every time he wants his clothes ironed ... or ... iron his clothes himself. I think it was the last suggested that struck home.
I think (?!?) he also looked at construction concrete board. Honestly.