Minwax PolyShades 4 -Pack Oil-based Honey Semi-transparent Gloss Interior Stain ( 1-quart )

Terrible, Stay away

Difficult to work with. It’s impossible to get a nice uniform finish.. Dries too fast if you try put on thin coats

Terrible Shipment Experience

Cans Dented and missing one of four

Not a good choice for me

Review Polyshade After using PolyShades all in one my choice is to strip the oak table and chairs again or trash them PolyShades was blotchy and uneven. Unfortunately, this all-in-one polyurethane stain cannot be adjusted the way regular stain can be. This stuff is impossible to apply without the finish looking as though a 5-year-old did it. It’s globby, uneven and just plain awful to use. It’s almost as though it clots. I’ve refinished many pieces over the years but nothing has failed lik...

Beautiful jobs completed

I can’t tell  you when I bought my Minwax Polyshade, there’s always some left in the can from a previous use, it’s the only product I use!  It always goes on smooth and cleans up nicely and the furniture looks beautiful!

Refinisher beware

I found this produce very hard to work with, perhaps because of the combination of stain and poly -- streaky colors and gummy application. Using steel wool between coats, (as directed) is a mistake, even after 7 hours of drying time as it sticks to some parts of the finish that were apparently not fully cured. I wish I'd stayed with the traditional two step strain and finish process.

Nightmare to use

You have no control over the color, especially with wood that absorbs color unevenly. Plus the instructions on the can say to use either a foam or natural bristle brush. You have very little control over how much product gets applied with a foam brush and it kept dripping on the window frame.

Never again

Never again! The application requires way too much sanding. Not worth it. It is impossible to apply without bubbles. Streaks, etc. You will spend 10x more timing fine sanding. I had to strip the entire piece. Went back to stain and wipeon poly.

Use the Recommended Brush Natural Bristle

I bought Mission Oak for my Bathroom Vanity top made out of plywood. I started out with a nylon brush and it was horrible. I reread the instruction to use a natural bristle brush!! So I started over, and I'm on the 2nd coat, and it looks so beautiful! The Natural Bristle brush is Key to using Polyshades.

Uneven color and sticky

Refinished a desktop with this after stripping down to bare wood. Left an absolutely miserable finish. It is so tacky and sticky that it shows every brush mark. Every brush mark start is shown as a color change that doesn’t even out. Quite frankly, this is a miserable product.

Never Again

I read up on this product, and I used it EXACTLY as recommended; now, I guess I get to sand it and hopefully cover it up with gel stain and clear varnish. The coverage is spotty, some areas darker than others, and it's very gummy going on. You can't go over it a second time, or it smears up. I bought it to use on vertical surfaces, big mistake. If you're covering a large area, you'll get a sticky mess anywhere you overlap. I've been using Minwax for many years, this product is not the quali...