I would want to be sure of the heat. Nothing like melting plastic to stink up a place or gunk out the whole works. Joann had some quilted Teflon. I wonder if that would do the job. I can see how this would be a very nice table done up right. An ironing board takes up space too. The table could be used to cut, sew and iron. How do the old wooden ironing boards keep from mold and mildew? I have one but it has a Teflon cover.