Polyurethane Over Oil Based Stain. My deck is painted, leaves are falling and staining the deck. Minwax water based polyurethane over minwax wood finish stains. But, on top of the initial cost, you also need to consider that you will need to redo the whole job sooner…you will probably redo them almost twice as often.
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Did i totally ruin it or is that normal for oil based polyurethanes? Question i am using an oil base stain on quarter sawn oak plywood. Oil based polyurethanes are designed to let the natural beauty of your wood surfaces shine through. For more complex projects that have a lot of nooks and crannies or projects with large surface areas such as cabinets, we recommend either. When the water based floor polys first started being extensively used 25 years ago i heard horror stories of nonadherence between oil based and water based it's possible to use a waterbased polyurethane over an oil stain if the stain is completely dry and has thoroughly gassed off. I let the stain be the finish. Both have good qualities, but they are very different in many ways, giving rise to a hotly debated disagreement over which is. Now a week later, i find oil on the surface of polyurethane finishes should dry hard in a matter of hours and not bleed oil as yours is doing.