Mark E Smith
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Doing a project with a clock temp gauge and about mid way through I stumbled onto a new way to put on Minwax wipe on poly. Usually I cut small pieces of T-shirt to put this stuff on, I use rubber gloves etc...always had a problem with runs, wipe marks, lint, you name it which required lots of sanding between coats. Today, just on a lark, I got to thinking some times I use my shop towels (the paper blue ones) to put on stain, so why not use it for wipe on poly...OMG...this is the only way I am ever gonna do wipe on again. Don't need gloves cause you just need to dip a small bunch of the paper towel into the poly, I have always used a three inch pvc end cap to hold my poly, works great after a while you just take a screw driver and pop out the build up, poly won't stick to pvc..haha...I took the blue shop towel sheet, bunched it up and dipped it into the poly cup and wiped it onto my project...this went on SSOOOO SMoooth..it was shocking, better then spray on actually, I was shocked, had to pass this on... took some pics, not sure if they really convey just how smooth this went on...no bubbles, no lint, no brush marks, nothing just a SMOOTH layer of wipe on poly, didn't need gloves, cause just the bunched up part of the towel is wet, no need to follow the grain of the wood, just wipe it on any which way, it goes on so smooth, doesn't matter, no over runs, the paper seems to meter out just what is needed. Some times the things that seem like stupid is the best way to do things...lol