Minwax Brushing Lacquer
The figures Minwax (Sherwin-Williams) prints for Minwax Brushing Lacquer on its own data sheet, at the conditions it names. Where the sheet doesn't give a figure, this page says so rather than borrow one from another product.
- Dry to the touch
- 30 min
- Recoat
- 2 h
- Ready for use
- 24 h (normal use)
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- 125 sq ft per quart
- Thinning
- Not on the sheet we read
- VOC
- Not on the sheet we read
- Conditions
- Not on the sheet we read
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: Minwax (Sherwin-Williams), the maker of that product
From the sheet: No sanding needed between coats; 3 coats, a fourth if desired.
Against its kind
Minwax Brushing Lacquer is one of the products in nitrocellulose (brushing) lacquer; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Nitrocellulose (brushing) lacquer: recoat across makers
2 h
span 2 h
Only two sources publish this: PPG (ProLuxe, formerly Deft) and Minwax (Sherwin-Williams)
Nitrocellulose (brushing) lacquer: coverage across makers
500 sq ft/gal
span 500–500 sq ft/gal, per coat
Only two sources publish this: PPG (ProLuxe, formerly Deft) and Minwax (Sherwin-Williams)
Related
- Every product of this kind: lacquer
- Polyurethane vs lacquer
- Lacquer vs shellac
- If it goes wrong: raised grain, orange peel, fisheyes, dust nibs, cloudy or white finish (blushing), cracking or crazing
- How much to buy: finish coverage calculator
- Every finish side by side: finish dry time chart
- What the federal rules say about finishes and food: food-contact finishes
Work it out for your project
- Plan your coats of this finish
Pick the piece and the wood, then get a dated coat schedule from the product’s own sheet.