Polyshades is a Urethane Stain finish. I had read some negative reviews of Polyshades. Oddly enough a friend had given me a new quart of cherry Polyshades that sat in the cabinet. My problem was to refinish a 16 year-old divided lite window that had some rust stains under the hardware. It had been previously stained and finished with a two-part catalized lacquer.
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I sanded off the finish but the rust stain had soaked in. In addition, the pine remained and some of the previous sealer as well. I sealed it with Smith's epoxy sealer and restained it but the stain came out quite irregular.
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I sanded it lightly and reapplied a light coat of stain. Then I thought about the Polyshades. Using my HVLP Gun I applied the Polyshades. By building up the light places I was able to darken the light spots. Finally, I applied another two coats of satin urethane finish.
I was not able to completely cover the rust stain but most of it is covered by the hardware. This changed my view of Polyshades. Applied with the gun I had a lot of control.
Jim