I built a new work bench last night out of a solid core wood door, and a set of legs for a folding table. I found a solid core wood door at lowes that had been dinged on the edge pretty hard, and bought it for half price. Add another $25 for a set of folding table legs and voila, I have a strong, stable, flat work bench.

My question is what should I finish it with. I have some gel stain and gel poly left over from some furniture that I finished a year or so back.

http://www.generalfinishes.com/gel.pdf

Would this work well as a finish, or is there something that would be better given the likely contact with glue, solvents, glow fuel etc???