Its-a-m-ie t1_je76uk9 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 10:14 PM

I'm refinishing some oak stairs with a friend. We stained them, and then applied what we thought was a water based polyurethane on top. Turns out it was a water based polyacrylic which isn't recommended for stairs. So we waited till that dried (a couple hours), buffed it a bit and applied an oil based polyurethane over top. Now I'm worried we've made a big mistake. Any thoughts? Is this project doomed?

--Ty-- t1_jed8lme wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:05 AM

Eh, you would have been fine with just the polyacrylic. It's not as tough as urethane, but it's still fine.

Don't know why you decided to switch to oil afterwards, but either way the poly was not fully cured when you went over it. It may stay soft now, it may not.