611114444 Polycrylic Protective Wood Finish, Clear Ultra Flat, 1 Quart

Love this brand of polyacrylic and needing an ultra dull finish which is harder to find

I put this on a butcher block table in my ceramics studio that frequently gets wet. Water wipes right up, and my dark clay doesn’t stain the surface. It didn’t change the color of the wood very much, which is what I was after. I used about three coats, sanding in between each one, and it’s been incredibly durable so far.

Great product

Used this on natural white oak as the oil-based poly I used on test scraps yellowed the wood more than I was going for. This slightly darkened the white oak, just a little, which left it pretty nice with no yellowing, as this is water-based. Spraying it on with a cheap HVLP spray gun attached to my air compressor, it was fast and easy to get 4 coats on. It leveled very smoothly and flat. Dewhisker your project first as this is water-based and it'll raise the grain of the wood. I did that by spraying it with a water bottle, waiting half and hour, and then sanding it flat. After the first two coat of this polycryclic, I also LIGHTLY sanded the surface with 400 grit sandpaper on a sanding block - very slightly swipes over the surface, just one or two swipes, and that took it down smooth. Following coats did not need any sanding. The Ultra Flat barely has a sheen to it, which is what I was going for. Glad I went with the Ultra Flat! Will definitely be using more of this in the future.

I am constructional professional and use a variety of application-driven finishes in my personal and professional life. I recently built a range-hood for a residential kitchen remodel that required a smooth, flat finish. Minmax's Ultra-Flat Polycrylic seems like a reasonable choice. The prep process is simple- dependent upon your substrate; in my case, right over latex paint that had been drying/curing for 2 days. Application was straight-forward with a note- water-based clear finishes afford very little working time before they tack. For a large surface- particularly a large, flat surface, you have to work quickly and methodically and know when to not over-brush/roll. Once the bristles or nap start to stick/resist, you're done! I find that Minwax finishes do a solid job of self-leveling/smoothing so once you feel the drag, stop and let the product lay itself down. You get some inherent assistance by formulation since it applies kind of cloudy/milky out of the can and turns more translucent, to ultimately transparent as curing/drying takes place. As you can ideally see in the project pictures, after three coats, the finish is smooth and homogenous (even though over intentionally semi-rustic surfaces). Polycrylic has some "build" to it, so if you like it to look like a coating as much as sheen, you're good to go- with more coats making for more of a film-feel. The film-build can present a challenge if you're tape-masking. Be careful not to peel your finish off by timing your pull correctly, or carefully scoring transition lines. Clean-up is super simple since its water-based; a little soap, water, and work and brushes/rollers/tools come perfectly clean. However- and the reason for the one star ding- as you can hopefully also see in the pictures, I am not sure I agree with "Ultra Flat." It generates more of a matte finish. A true flat clear- especially "ultra" flat- is exceedingly difficult to achieve and may require some mechanical abrasion/scuffing to really knock down sheen. All-in-all, I am pleased with the product and its performance thus far.

I am grateful to Minwax for making the polycrylic in "ultra flat". When I used "flat" it was too glossy. It saved my furniture painting project.

Perfect:coverage for furniture nice texture .?

Used it over Annie Sloan Louis Blue Chalk Paint and the results were magnificent. Could easily pass as a waxed piece but with the ever lasting protection of poly. I used the matte poly in other chalk painted pieces but it was way to shiny to use on chalk paint. The Flat one is the absolute perfection, works wonderfully. The trick is to apply in thin coats, in this tray I applied three VERY THIN coats within 15 minutes of each other, passing a dry brush over it before it was completely dry to remove any excess.