table refinish

[GBinSD]

I am just completing a new table to put in the salon of my trawler and am getting ready to finish it. I am debating w/ myself about a matte finish or high gloss. If I go w/ gloss, any suggestions on products that brush on easy and are durable enough to stand up to the beating/abuse a tabletop will take from my fishing buddies?
Thanks!

[Stiletto]

I have used satin polyurethane on tops that will get a fair bit of use. After several coats have dried I buff the surface with pledge furniture polish that gives a nice lustre. Regular poly is durable and not too hard to refinish in the future.

[Donn]

Are you doing it bright, or painted? My dinette top is finished with EasyPoxy (paint) and the top's trim is bright, finished in gloss poly.

[WindHawk]

Lemon Pledge is the most underated great wax product in the world. I have used it exclusively on all of my guitars for the last 35 years (35??? :eek: ). I wouldn't touch them with anyting else.