On a scrap piece of wood practice brushing out a few strokes of polyshades to get a feel for how it flows onto the wood.
Polyshades on floors.
You are right on track by putting clear poly on top of the polyshades.
These two major materials make the polyshade more authentic and worthy.
Take care to apply an even coat of the product and remember.
Polyshades is more like a paint in that the colour coats the surface instead of staining it and acts as the wear layer as well.
The thinking of minwax is they cannot stand behind their product in flooring use since as the wear layer wears the colour density changes as well which to most users would be unacceptable.
Thin coats are easier to control than thick ones.
The reason it wont hold up on the floor is that the stain that is mixed with the urethane makes the finish coat too soft.
There are several reasons for this and in this video i tell you what they are.
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The satin stain makes the floor smooth shiny and elegant.
Minwax polyshades on my entire floor you could try to put a coat of polyurethane or two on top of the floor but as big g mentioned you re using it for a non recommended use.
Work quickly as you apply polyshades the length of each board in smooth even strokes.
Minwax 61370444 polyshades oil based polyurethane for wood floors minwax 61370444 is an oil based poly that gives pure satin stain on your wood floor.
1 minwax 613970444 polyshades stain polyurethane the minwax 613970444 polyshade is the only polyshade which is stain and polyurethane both work in one time.
Instead stain with minwax wood finish and topcoat with minwax super fast drying polyurethane for floors or minwax fast drying polyurethane.
The use of tough polyurethane protects your floor firmly.
Polyshades is not recommended for use on floors.
Maybe using a deck grade stain sealant will help but really can t say what it will do for looks of your floor.
Can polyshades be used on floors.
I never use polyshades.
Perhaps not ideal but likely at least acceptable.