Table tennis covers - affordable and waterproof

I'm reading reviews of table tennis covers and people are complaining about rubbish materials falling apart or not weatherproof. I'm thinking it just has to be something to cover it and stay on.
Table will sit on covered verandah - but it can get rain blowing in.
Looking for cost-effective ideas that can withstand wind and rain.

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Senecaa · 70-79, M

Cover it with some plastic clear wrapping to keep it dry.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Senecaa Then you'll get condensation on the inside, exactly what you do NOT want.

Senecaa · 70-79, M

@SomeMichGuy not really. Better to cover it with tarpaulin or blanket that way
you won't get condensation.

SomeMichGuy · M

@Senecaa Blanket? Those warm things which absorb water?

Senecaa · 70-79, M

@SomeMichGuy yes get what you're saying perhaps not blanket eh?

SomeMichGuy · M

@Senecaa I didn't realize the plastic thing until my Dad told me MANY years ago:

• clear plastic gets condensation on the INside,

• black plastic gets it on the OUTside.

(Makes sense thermodynamically, too:

• clear plastic [i]loses[/i] the heat (it simply passes through & gets out); so it tends to be cooler, so you get condensation on that cooler INside.

• black plastic [i]retains[/i] the heat (reflects it back), so it tends to be warmer, so you get condensation on the cooler OUTside.

So you usually want to use black plastic, not clear, if it is going to be outside.

Senecaa · 70-79, M

[@SomeMichGuy understand thanks. is supposed to be out on a veranda as poster says.