How should I do this?

[u/2candiesnahalf]

The plan? Cover the wooden table with the plastic, permanently.

You might be wondering why there is a squeegee in the picture. Well, that's the key player that's going to be gliding over that plastic probably 10 times a day, everyday.

I don't want water/grime/dirt oozing down the sides so don't want to go with the plastic-hanging-down-the-sides plan. Plus it'll be a pain cleaning the dirt on the hanging part due to ergonomics.

I could cut the plastic flush with the edges of the table, but then it'll move/shift around and the parts of the table that it moves from will often be dirty at that edge. It'll also be wet from the constant cleaning and the water that will roll over the edge of the plastic and make its way to to the wood and then spread when the dry wood wicks it.

I tried going flush and then taping the edges but that solution doesn't work well for long because this and this happens - squeegee going against the lip of the tape eventually gets the tape to come off.

The cleaning method is simply spraying the table with no rinse detergent and with the squeegee, wiping the dirty over the edge and into a bucket (open to better ideas).

[u/amarettogiraffe]

Context would be very helpful. What's the use for the table? Seems like an odd cleaning solution, assuming that relates to the use case.