How many
coats of the poly did you do?
I have a question... what does the buffing before the final
coat of poly do?
Not exact matches
It took about three days — one to lay and stain — the second day in the morning we put on the first
coat of poly, a few hours later
did the second
coat and the third before bed.
Do first
coat of poly on the counters, second
coat on the cabinets and then second
coat of poly on the main wood floor.
Just painted top
of my table gray and also
do not want to use a
poly coat.
I typically don't sand between
coats of poly, and it turns out with a great finish.
I then decided that instead
of wax, I would
do a top
coat of Minwax water based
poly.
gave two
coats and then distressed the edges and some
of the details and then instead
of waxing over it I
did a Minwax water based
poly that goes on easy and clear.
If you used a brand that allows you to
do this (Annie Sloan is one) you can paint another
coat over the wax, then seal the fresh
coat of paint with
poly.
This
did not happen to me with a sample that had the dark wax over 1
coat of clear wax (which itself was over two
coats of poly), but I don't want a dark wax look for these chairs, so I am just wondering if I should be trying something different to get this white wax to stick.
If you're sealing with a
poly, sometimes mixing a bit
of poly with the paint and
doing a final
coat before sealing it with straight
poly will help with that.
- The hardwood guys came back yesterday to
do the final
coat of poly on the wood, but used the wrong sheen (matte instead
of high - gloss).
We didn't use a stain on the countertops; we just sealed it with a no - color
poly and then used Waterlox (a food - grade sealant) and put multiple
coats on
of that.
We just
did this in our living room that was 533 sq feet and
did it for less than $ 500 (including the wood, liquid nail, stain, nails, all the tools, and 4
coats of expensive
poly).
Do you sand the last «Ok, this thing is
done»
coat of poly?
I will also put a
coat or two
of poly - urethane over the top when
done.
gave two
coats and then distressed the edges and some
of the details and then instead
of waxing over it I
did a Minwax water based
poly that goes on easy and clear.
Even though the stain
did contain
poly, we added two
coats of clear
poly as well for an extra strong finish.
I didn't use anything special at first, but I eventually sanded off the wax, put a fresh
coat of paint, and sealed it with
poly.
I then decided that instead
of wax, I would
do a top
coat of Minwax water based
poly.
(Again, I am only suggesting this since I
do not have a photo and you stated there are «lots
of poly coats.»)
(7) At least two
coats of poly is needed for all three, but the color surely
does pop when the
poly is applied.
Just painted top
of my table gray and also
do not want to use a
poly coat.
Because we were leaving the pine trim as it was (plus a couple
of coats of poly acrylic) I
did the same with the upper kitchen cabinets to keep the whole house looking cohesive.
Did you have to put a coat of poly on it or did you just stain i
Did you have to put a
coat of poly on it or
did you just stain i
did you just stain it??