ProLuxe (Deft) Brushing Lacquer
The figures PPG (ProLuxe, formerly Deft) prints for ProLuxe (Deft) 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 (service)
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- up to 500 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Not on the sheet we read
- VOC
- Under 680 g/L (3.8 lb/gal)
- Conditions
- 77 °F, 50 % RH; apply at 50–90 °F
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: PPG (ProLuxe, formerly Deft), the maker of that product
From the sheet: Nitrocellulose; 19 % volume solids; not for floors or exterior; clean up with lacquer thinner.
What the maker names it for
- For: furniture, cabinets.
- Not for: floors, outdoor wood.
Against its kind
ProLuxe (Deft) 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.