I have to admit, I am a woodworker who likes to keep the table saw top clean and polished. For years, I have used various cleaners and a lot of elbow grease. When I saw this new product mentioned at the recent show in Anaheim, I wanted to try it.

Here are the various parts to the package. You can see by the reflection, my table saw top isn't coated with rust, so my test is going to be based on a top that is in pretty good shape but has lost the smoothness — boards don't slide as easily as I like.

The step-by-step instructions are on the box.

Step 1 is to spray the top with the TopSaver.

Step 2 is to don the plastic gloves that come with the kit and use one of the two abrasive pads. I am using the finer mesh one since the top is pretty clean. I did have two rust areas (glue and coffee, perhaps) that required a bit more effort, but really, only a very little bit.

Step 3 is to use the blue polishing cloth to make a first pass wipe of the table. It took 2 or 3 wipes to get the bulk of the top clean. It did do the job as evidenced by the big black handprint on the cloth.

Step 4
I have turned the cloth over (now you can see the black handprint from the last wiping.) Now I am lightly buffing the surface. You may not be able to see it, but you can instantly feel the slickness of the top.

By the way, the two rust areas I did have are now gone, and you can't tell where they were.

Step 5 is to repeat the treatment. My top was clean and slick so I was about to not repeat it, but I did want to see if the 2nd coat made a difference.

Step 6 is the buffing again. I definitely could feel the difference. The surface was slick.

Bottom line — the TopSaver System works very well. I will certainly use it for keeping the table saw up to snuff. A real test will be the bandsaw table and the jointer table. The latter hasn't been used in over a year, so it may take more elbow grease than the table saw.

One last note, the manufacture states that there are no silicones or Teflons, and it will not effect the staining of wood.

Here is the bad part — it may not be on your woodworking store shelves yet. But I think that will change quickly. It is hard to keep such a good product hidden for long.

I did hear from the company president, and he says: "Currently the product is in stock at Rockler, Woodcraft, Grizzly Tool Crib, The Wood Workers Choice, with AMAZON.COM in process." I just saw it as a new product as Rockler's - click below.