Minwax® PolyShades® Antique Walnut, Satin, Half Pint

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.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have used Minwax Polyshades after many months of research to redo the wood on my stairwell in my 1906 home. At one point, there were renters who were a little too fond of white paint and I had to remove the color of the front of each step, as well as the banister. I used Mission Oak and the results are fantastic! Better than I could of hoped for! Thank you MinWax

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.

Bought this product in order to save a step using poly and stain together on a custom hutch top. Turns out it is extremely light color and takes at least 2 to 3 coats to get color over bare wood. Followed the directions and allowed proper amount of time to dry and sanded between coats. The finish did dry smooth and seems to be a hard finish. The biggest issue I have is the terrible off gassing. It's been two months and the fumes coming from this finish is still as string as first applied. My entire shop and everything in it smells like this finish no matter how much air flow I put into it even two months later. I do not recommend this product for any type of indoor use unless you are prepared for fumes for several months. It's understood that oil based finishing take longer to cure, even up to 30 days but this is extreme.

The stain is uneven when dries. A light even coat is applied but when it dries it's flat and blotchy. The bare wood turned out good but it took a few times of sanding and reapplying. The biggest trouble we're having is the post we picked up from the lumber store. They where pre finished so we roughed them up and put a coat on. The stain is acting completely different on the post then it did on the stair caps(bare wood). The stain is like water and dries really fast and uneven. We tried to buff the unevenness out with steel wool but the finish is gone once we get it evened out. Any help would b appreciated, the project is st a stand still.