Bostik 10220 Aerosol Top-Cote

by Bostik

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Top-Cote table and tool surface sealant helps your hard working tools work harder. Dramatically reduces sliding friction and allows you to handle heavy sheets of wood like they were floating on air. Repels dust, dirt and moisture. Cannot ship by air.

Product Description

Top-Cote spray is a powerful anti-corrosive, low friction, durable coating, as well as a sealant. Use it on your table saw top, jointer bed, hand tools, or any metal surface for maximum protection against friction and rust. Top-Cote is low temperature rated and is formulated specifically for surface coating.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000223UD
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,080 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #9 in Home Improvement > Power & Hand Tools > Power Tool Accessories > Blades > Table Saw Blades
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paint it's not, all tools will rust unless they're stainless, August 25, 2002

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Joe Holland (Fort Leavenworth, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bostik 10220 Aerosol Top-Cote (Misc.)

Bottom line up front: Don't expect miracles from this product, but most discerning consumers will already understand that.
In my experience, Topcote applied to a THOROUGHLY prepared surface (according to Bostik's instructions), in humidity below 60%, will create a very smooth surface, comparable to UHMW plastic.
Apply subsequent coats after you've run about 100 linear feet of wood over the surface (much better than car wax). Buff the application of Topcote only after it dries to a haze, if you work with it before it's dry (refer to my note about high humidity), start all over by preparing the surface. Otherwise you'll feel more friction.
If your tools are exposed to high humidity or rain/snow, well buy a non-porous cover (like one offered by HTC). If your tools do get wet and rust (as mine sometimes do), I've found that Topcote won't prevent rust, but rather it inhibits rust. What that means in short is the rust won't be as bad as if you hadn't put an application of anything on it.
Yes, wax may repel water a little better than topcote, but wax also keeps water bound to the surface of metals, once water comes into contact with the metal (this is why chrome pits if you wax it).
I'll stick with Topcote, thanks, at least until there's some tech breakthru of UHMW stainless steel that I know scientists are currently scurrying to produce.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent stuff, October 22, 2003

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Fred Hartrick (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bostik 10220 Aerosol Top-Cote (Misc.)

Top-cote is something I can live without, but why would I want to?? It does reduce friction amazingly (I don't understand the reviewers who say it doesn't). As for rust prevention, that's not what I use it for. The only real prevention for rust is to keep the tool dry, not spray something on it & then leave it out in the rain. And I notice a few people complaining that it "stains" the tool surface. The product is non-staining to *wood*, as advertised, which is what matters. That is, if you actually use your tools.

Offhand I'd say, ignore any review from some weekend warrior who tells you how great silicone-based products are. Silicone is something real woodworkers go to any lengths to avoid- any tool treated with it is ruined for good- that is, any wood run through them will pretty much have defects in the finish. And most auto 'waxes' are silicone-based.

...unfortuately Amazon seems to have stopped selling it. I'll just have to go to a *real* woodworking supplier- any one- from now on.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like this stuff...., November 21, 2004

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KRASSEL (SPANAWAY, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bostik 10220 Aerosol Top-Cote (Misc.)

I've been using top cote on my machine tops, metal fences and guides for about five years now. I live in western Washington and moisture here can be a problem. Especially when your shop is in the basement of a 80 year old house,on the shores of a lake.

I have never had a problem with rust on my machine surfaces when I prepared them properly. The last step, I take, before applying the top cote, is to wipe the surface with alcohol. This removes any residual moisture and cleans the pores of the metal. Using a quality car wax will import silicon to your metal surface which in turn will transfer it to your wood workpiece. This can really cause problems with a lot of finish's. Silicon is very difficult to remove from wood and will block penetration of most oil based finish's.It can also affect "natural" wax's, such as carnuba and bee's wax.

The top cote layer does provide a nice slick surface and I have no difficulty telling when a new treatment is needed, especially when ripping hardwoods.

I also use Dri Cote (seperate review) on my blades and cutters.

I recommend this product to everyone, follow the directions on the can and you won't be disappointed.