Minwax Polycrylic
The figures Minwax (Sherwin-Williams) prints for Minwax Polycrylic 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
- Not on the sheet we read
- Recoat
- 2 h
- Ready for use
- 24 h (normal use (light handling after 3 hours))
- 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: Sand with 220 grit between coats, no steel wool; 3 coats; wait 24 hours over Minwax Wood Finish stain.
Against its kind
Minwax Polycrylic is one of the products in water-based polyurethanes; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Water-based polyurethanes: recoat across makers
2 h
span 2 h
Median of 3 sources
Water-based polyurethanes: coverage across makers
500 sq ft/gal
span 400–600 sq ft/gal, per coat
Median of 3 sources
Related
- Every product of this kind: water-based polyurethane
- Polyurethane vs lacquer
- Oil vs water-based polyurethane
- Polycrylic vs polyurethane
- Hardwax oil vs polyurethane
- If it goes wrong: raised grain, bubbles in polyurethane, orange peel, fisheyes, brush marks, dust nibs, sticky or tacky finish, cloudy or white finish (blushing)
- 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.