Varathane Water-Based Crystal-Clear Ultimate Polyurethane Spray | Interior Wood Protection | Fast Dry Time | Easy Clean Up | Gloss | 11.25 oz

I love the mat finish and how it evens out my artwork. The best thing about it is there are no spray paint odors.

Useful as a protective top coat on painted furniture. It dried quickly . I couldn’t find it locally.

I just started making polymer clay pendants (I am a wire wrapper mainly)... I needed something to coat after I baked my pendants to keep mica powder on. The semi gloss is great as I wasnt sure if I wanted a gloss finish. Mica powder stays where it should and it will extend the life of the pendant. Only downside is this can spits sometimes so the spray isnt as fine as I want... maybe the head needs cleaning...

I have used spray paint/clear coat spray paint for a long time. Specifically rustoleum. This is my first time using this specific sealer, as I wanted a better protection for the top of two end tables. Allllll the furniture flipping gurus recommend this, in spray or in liquid brush on. Both versions of this product have made me so infuriated that I cannot write my thoughts on this review. The brush on comes out cloudy no matter what I have done. No matter how much I stir, no matter if I put a smooth layer on, move to the next part, and not touch it at all. This spray is worse. It comes out in tiny spots, not a fine mist that covers. It does not even out. It does not make a solid coat. I have shaken it for 7 minutes, watching my timer religiously. I desperately wanted this to work, but I will never buy this product ever again. Brand new, not cold, it’s august/september using this, 80 degrees. Held straight up and down. Nozzle can’t be clogged, it’s new. No I’m not bending the nozzle in a weird way to hit the rim of the can. I have done everything to try and make this work. Third time trying to use it, and I am beyond frustrated. WASTE OF MONEY and waste of my project, now I have to sand it down and start over completely. I WOULD recommend rustoleum enamel clear coat in satin. I have used probably a dozen cans of that while sealing hand painted wooden signs. Never had a problem. EVEN spraying it in the uninsulated garage when it was below freezing. THAT product is a champ. Guess I shouldn’t try new things and just stick to what I know!

This product did the trick. It was used on a piece of wooden furniture (a $16 thrift store special) that was used to house a record player. The item was about 6 feet long. The Rust-Oleum was used outside (strongly recommend using it outdoors with mouth - nose mask; the vapors are strong). The initial coat was basically a primer. After it dried, the second coat made a positive difference and covered the brown wood of the furniture

Seemed to work! I sprayed an item which will be hanging outside.

I used this Varathane water based poly on a chalk paint finished table and it came out great!!

It's a good, hard, clear finish. The worst thing is that, out of the spray can, it is not self-leveling; it retains the slightly uneven pattern from the spray. When you sand the coat til it's flat (220 grit), you lose most of the thickness of the paint you just sprayed. Combine that with the fact that a coat of water-based poly is only about a third the thickness of oil-based poly, and you have to put on a LOT of coats. Now, this is only on a project where you need a level finish. If you don't...like if you're doing a protective coat on an art project, then no problem, this is a great product. I was doing a fine crafted wood project that really needed a level finish, and for that the brush on version of this polyurethane is much better - it goes on with much thicker coats, and self-levels much better than the spray (though not perfectly). After two hours it's dry enough to taking sanding very well with no stickyness.