Minwax 1/2 pt 25555 Clear Polycrylic Water-Based Protective Finish Gloss

I bought this Minwax Polycrylic clear topcoat for a project restoring my daughter’s rocking chair. I had used a different brand on a desk previously and it ended up peeling, so I wanted something that would give a smoother, more durable finish to help protect the paint. This product worked really well. It covered the entire chair and I only used about a quarter of the can, which was impressive. The finish came out smooth and even, and it gave me confidence that the paint will hold up much longer now. The price was reasonable, and the quality exceeded my expectations. I’ll definitely be using this again for future restoration projects.

I bought this product for an atypical purpose - I was not coating wood but a cheerleading megaphone. I wanted a high gloss, water resistant finish. I never found I liked the result of sprays that much, and after some research, decided on Minwax Polycrylic. I was hand painting a cheer megaphone, so after prepping it, and several layers of the base coat in school colors, I let the base coat cure for about 30 days. You don't have to do this, but I wanted as hard a finish as possible, as the megaphone gets handled, put on track and turf, etc. I then painted on artwork. I used regular craft paint (avoiding enamels as they sometimes react poorly to the Polycrylic). I let the painted design cure for about a week. That is the minimum I would go; two weeks is ideal. I used a cheap sponge brush applicator. I coated the megaphone five times, which uses remarkable little of the product. I coated the first 3 coats an hour apart each, then coats #4 and #5, three and six days after. Basically, you can recoat within 90 minutes, OR then should wait 3 days. The finish dries to a high gloss and doesn't turn color, so the artwork is true to how I painted it. It also is nice and hard, and has been on the running tracks surrounding many a football field with not so much as a chip. The photos in this review are after JUST ONE coat. You can already see it picking up some gloss. After all the coats it was high gloss. I waited a few days and polished it with car wax and boom.

This was a great product for my wood to seal and have no complaints.

I use it to seal my diamond art paintings. Dries clear and works great.

I used this product to seal my completed diamond paintings. It's easier to use than many of the other sealers, since you didn’t need to wipe off the tops of the drills after applying it, and it doesn't dull the sparkle or crack or yellow, like some of the other ones do over time. It's a little more expensive than some of the other sealers, but worth it! I did subtract one star because I think the half-pint size is overpriced...it's about FOUR times more expensive per ounce than the quart size! But the half-pint lasts quite a while (you can seal a lot of diamond paintings with it), so I'm afraid that, if I bought the quart size, it might go bad before I could get the value out of the larger size.

I used this on a window ledge extension project, due to it being exposed to some elements of the weather, I was looking for something to help protect the finish. I came across this and I'm glad I did, it applies very easy with a brush and the smell is really not over powering or bad, at first I was doing it slowly, just to realize that I should dip the brush in and spread it, it dries quite fast and when it's dry it really looks amazing.

Exactly what I needed! High quality yakes awhile to dry, to be expected! Clear almost like resin. This is less expensive than resin I got the idea from a tube video which gave a simple recipe using this brand and will buy again and again for my projects

I know that this is used for wood , but I purchased this for diamond art sealing. So far I have used it on wood and it was very easy to see when there was excess product in the corners of my project/wood, I could see where I had covered the wood since it is white when applied and then very fast within minutes, it turned clear and shining. Also cleanup with the brush used washed right out and did not damage the brush, it also did not have an order that would make you feel sick. At least you should ventilate when using since it is a chemical. I love this because it made m life easier with diy. Now to try on diamond art.

I like it but expensive

Love it

ik heb het gekocht voor fototransfer op hout. Blijkt echter niet te werken. Helaas. Kan het ook niet meer retourneren omdat ik het gebruikt heb

Great product, works as described. Perfect for a clear coat on my RC planes.

Ich benutze es für den Modellbau. Super, wenn auch wirklich teuer. Dafür reicht auch die kleine Menge die man erwirbt, aber bestimmt nicht für einen Parkettboden.