Choosing your clear coat for painted wood.
Water based top coat for painted furniture.
You can apply polyurethane over latex and oil based paint but before you do the paint must be dry and fully cured.
There are two basic types of top coats for furniture.
For example using a water based topcoat over an oil based based stain.
Traditionally oil based polyurethanes were the main clear coats used on furniture but now more water based formulas are on the market.
It is inexpensive and works great.
When the top coat is applied the oil in the stain seeps up through the finish and reacts with the acrylic causing a chemical blush.
This is actually important since they act in very different ways and for the most part we will treat water based polyurethane and polyacrylic polycrylic as the same since they both can be used to protect painted surfaces.
The dixie belle clear coats come in satin flat and gloss finishes.
Minwax polycrylic is the best water based poly to use to seal painted furniture.
This is a tough one because i know the paint manufacturers would say don t do it but i find their advice isn t always completely applicable in real life.
Here s a little about the pro s and cons of each.
To keep this simple i will be using dixie belle clear coat in satin finish and gator hide as the clear coat over painted wood table.
As this coat is water based cleaning painted countertops with regular water won t damage the finish.
There are essentially two kinds of protecting top coats for furniture projects.
Additionally this coat won t take time to dry regardless of its finish type.
Tis 580 white wash pickling transparent water based fast drying interior wood stain.
The top coat blocks the air needed for curing and if the paint is.
The most common reason is an incompatible stain.
It is inexpensive and works great.
When it comes to choosing a clear sealer for painted wood the options of whats available can seem endless.