The "wipe on poly" would be so thin that you would scratch off most of
the protection after one session on the saw. Cleaning the resulting mess
would be too horrible for words.

Stick with TopCote and never look back...

Friends don't let friends use poly....

David Dube wrote:

This may be a silly question... what's the downside of using a wipe on polyurethane?
That should keep the moisture out for a long time... no? A coat of wipe on wouldn't be
too thick either... there must be a good reason why not to do this... was hoping someone
could educate me...