Finishing Wax Over Polyurethane. Before film finishes like polyurethane varnish were widely available, paste wax was the best option for giving wood furniture and floors a protective coating, but now, the main moreover, you'll probably have to strip the wax periodically because it tends to turn dull and yellow over time, and the wax will. In most instances, a single protective topcoat is all you need; Wax is also the last topcoat applied to refinished painted or stain furniture.
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Luckily, there are ways around this when it comes to applying finishes. I always use poly over milk paint…always….and then i sometimes will use clear wax on top of that! And high performance is not thick enough for transfers either.
Thank goodness it finally all dried, my first time with was but my.
Never the other way around. Just keep in mind that wax is always last. I am finishing a maple bookcase i built. I was told that it looks like a previous owner put a polyurethane finish over wax. However, this isn't a great idea. Are there any drawbacks to applying wax over a newly poly'd table? If not wax, is there wax is a fine product. Applying over an existing sealed finish.
