Chess, it's like Home Center bath cabinets. Veneered edging, no matter pre-glued, or glued by you, is so thin (1/32" or less) that it doesn't do well with changes---ANY, like temp., hum., heat, direct sun, water, ice, etc. Could you edge it w/ 1/4" (or a bit less) strips of a weather-resistant hardwood instead? Glued, clamped and set-screwed? Stain/finish as desired?
Well the edge banding itself looks pretty good, it just let go from the table edge. I'm fairly sure it is just a hot glue issue because it is blistering hot out on our deck to the point where it can cook eggs.
In brief though, I cannot use hardwood strips. The table does not have any square edges. It is mostly over and round and would take a lot of time and gear I don't have to try and mold real wood strips to it.
