A few weeks ago I wrote about the trouble I was having with milky streaks in the polyurethane I was putting on a dresser.
After several rounds of this my wife was almost afraid to tell me she could see more streaks. I had put a water base stain on the dresser. Everything I read told me I could put polyurethane over water base stains. And yes, the stain had dried for several days before I put the polyurethane on. The curious thing is that my wife only saw the milky streaks on the horizontal surfaces. My solution finally, was to coat this project with polycrylic, which is a water base finish. It turned out very good. A couple weeks later I put polyurethane over oil base stain, and had no trouble at all. My conclusion is that, despite what I've read, I will never put polyurethane over a water base stain again. Now, I'm waiting to hear how many of you have put polyurethane over water base stain without having the trouble I did. Blessings, Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
