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   Badjeros | Jul 10, 2004 03:10am | #1

   Hello, Dan,

   I would not use minwax polyshades on any project worthy of my time. I have had little else than poor results at best, disasters at worst.

   My two cents

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   10fingers | Jul 10, 2004 10:14am | #2

   Hello Dan,

   the Sherwin Williams store in my town quit carring the polyshade several years ago because it had too many problems.

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   Dan019 | Jul 13, 2004 04:59pm | #3

   Guys,

   Thanks for the heads up. I bought a qt. but haven't used it yet.

   The trouble I'm having is I'm trying to match an old color that SW discontinued. The color on the can looked like a close match, but after brushing on 4 coats on a test peice, it wasn't even approaching the color. After that I tried some dark walnut stain then 2 coats of the poly. That was closer but not a match.

   The problem is whatever I go with will have to be able to be repeatedly mixed for consistant results.

   I re-cased this guys windows on one floor and I had to mill all the profiles myself and it had to be done in a short time, so I couldn't spray it. I don't look forward to brushing on 4 coats. After this job he wants new baseboard and crown. I'll be spraying those!

   Anyway, what problems did you guys encounter?

   Dan

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   Badjeros | Aug 11, 2004 01:58am | #4

   Hello, Dan,

   Sorry for not replying to your request earlier regarding minwax polyshades. My experience has been a very blotchy finish. I followed the directions to a tee with little success and I even spoke to minwax customer service to no avail. They suggested the product may have been inadvertantly frozen. I doubt that very much. Minwax prestain conditioner helped somewhat, but dark stains like Bombay Burgonday were hopelessly blotchy. I have tried stain and varnish mixes of my own brew with much better success, - I don't know why this minwax product has performed so poorly for me.

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