I did my own mix of water-based Polyurethane and Mineral Spirits (60-40 eye-balled)
I applied it with a paper rag, wiping it after 5-8 minutes.
Originally Posted by McCreed
I did my own mix of water-based Polyurethane and Mineral Spirits (60-40 eye-balled)
I applied it with a paper rag, wiping it after 5-8 minutes.
I've never used water based poly, but everything I've read says it can only be thinned with water.
Mineral Spirits (what we call Mineral Turpentine) is used for thinning oil based products. It certainly looks like it worked, but I'm curious how.
It doesn't seem possible from a chemistry view. (However, I am not a chemist)
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I had seen many videos of how to make home-made wipe-on poly, and I notice just now that mine is water-based and should not work with mineral spirits. But in the end it blended well and I am happy with the result, so the consequences are not dramatic.
I am refinishing the back (I sanded it back yesterday because of clamping marks, although I thought I was careful). I will try this time to thin the poly with water and see if it works differently for me.
The poly was oil-based finally. Sorry for misleading.
Phew! That's good.
I can stop feverishly scouring the interwebs trying to figure out how to thin water based poly with turps!!!
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