Triple Thick Clear Glaze

[kmmcrafts]

Anyone use this clear coat? Just wondering your thought and opinions on this stuff. I've had some cans laying around here for probably 20 years or more as my mother-inlaw used to do ceramics and I guess they used a lot of it to top coat after they paint the ceramics. I did some test spraying on some small projects and while it doesn't dry as fast as the lacquer it does cover really well on wood that really soaks up the first coat or two so I'm kind of impressed and I don't recall anyone ever recommending it as a top coat on here. The stuff I have is very glossy though and I'm not certain if they have anything other than gloss. Also wondering if anyone knows if they've changed the formula at all over the years, as a lot of paints / clears were good back then but the EPA crack down on some of the chemicals and now many of them aren't nearly as good as they used to be. Trying to decide if I should order some or not. LOL.. Probably should buy one can and see before ordering a case. 

Anyway, just wondering if anyone has used it and their thoughts of it. 

[Dan]

I've used it one jigsaw puzzles. I like how it gave depth to the photos while protecting it. Never used it on wood.

[OCtoolguy]

How about a brand name or a picture?

[Dan]

 This is the stuff I have. There are other types for other uses.

[Millwab]

Kevin, like Dan it’s my go to for my puzzles. Besides giving you the depth of the picture it also is supposed to be a little flexible after it dries which may give you cleaner puzzle cuts (?).  I don’t think it comes in anything but gloss, but that works best for me with the puzzles.  

[kmmcrafts]

What Dan posted is exactly what I have.. now that you mention it.. I did do some puzzles back in the beginning of my scrolling days and I used this to topcoat the puzzle picture once I glued the picture to the plywood.. Forgot about that.. so this stuff is older than 2005, LOL. 

It does give depth to the pieces I made. 

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Yes that was the rage back then for puzzles. Has the formula changed any? Have no idea. Just bought not long agao some removable spray adhesive from that same company and it came in the same cans as it did many years ago so maybe they do not change formulas much. 

[ChelCass]

I use this all the time.  You can also get it in a Satan finish, and I believe a semigloss.  I use it on the do dads I make for the birdhouses plus I will spray the birdhouses also.  It works well on wood, ceramic and I even use it on my cement garden statues. 

Edited March 12 by ChelCass

[Denny Knappen]

May give it a try.  Mostly use spray Lacquer.

[kmmcrafts]

18 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

May give it a try.  Mostly use spray Lacquer.

You have any specific brand of Lacquer you use? I'm kind of wondering if some paint manufactures use the term "lacquer" as a clear coat finish rather than actual lacquer solvent finish type. Typically lacquer solvent base paints are pretty fast to dry.

I bought some hardware store brand and it didn't even smell like lacquer and took much longer to dry than the Watco lacquer I had always used. Then I tried some other lacquer which I can't remember the brand name of now but it also was a disappointment. I've always used the Watco brand and it was starting to get hard to find and one store told me that Rustolium ( Watco ) was changing the formula to meet the environmental standards and all the local stores were out so I ordered several cases online a couple years ago. I'm now running out soon and I see they brought the Watco back and it seems to be the same stuff as far as I can tell. Many of the cans I purchased had defective spray nozzles and some seem like they don't have as much air pressure as they did ( probably why it was cheap and on sale).. so I'm kind of thinking about maybe switching to something else. 

Krylon has been a very good paint for my tractor restorations etc. in my past hobby and is what this triple thick glaze is that I've been using. 

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

3 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

You have any specific brand of Lacquer you use? I'm kind of wondering if some paint manufactures use the term "lacquer" as a clear coat finish rather than actual lacquer solvent finish type. Typically lacquer solvent base paints are pretty fast to dry.

I bought some hardware store brand and it didn't even smell like lacquer and took much longer to dry than the Watco lacquer I had always used. Then I tried some other lacquer which I can't remember the brand name of now but it also was a disappointment. I've always used the Watco brand and it was starting to get hard to find and one store told me that Rustolium ( Watco ) was changing the formula to meet the environmental standards and all the local stores were out so I ordered several cases online a couple years ago. I'm now running out soon and I see they brought the Watco back and it seems to be the same stuff as far as I can tell. Many of the cans I purchased had defective spray nozzles and some seem like they don't have as much air pressure as they did ( probably why it was cheap and on sale).. so I'm kind of thinking about maybe switching to something else. 

Krylon has been a very good paint for my tractor restorations etc. in my past hobby and is what this triple thick glaze is that I've been using. 

Could be the lacquer is waterbased. A different smell and yes takes longer to dry. 

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said:

Could be the lacquer is waterbased. A different smell and yes takes longer to dry. 

Yes I think you are right.. I believe it was Varathane water base lacquer.. and it wouldn't spray correctly.. rather than a nice mist spray it was more like spitting droplets. I used to like the water based polycurlic spray in the teal can.. I had read where others had issues with that stuff spitting like that. I went through a lot of cans of that stuff and then bam, I started getting cans that spit like this so I only use this stuff in the quart can and a spray gun. But the smaller batches I typically do much more of it's much more convenient to grab the spray can and get it done without having to clean spray equipment etc for 5 or 10 ornaments or less. IF I'm just building inventory then wait until I have 50 - 100 ornaments or whatever to do all at once with the spray gun.  

[Denny Knappen]

On 3/12/2026 at 11:32 AM, kmmcrafts said:

You have any specific brand of Lacquer you use? I'm kind of wondering if some paint manufactures use the term "lacquer" as a clear coat finish rather than actual lacquer solvent finish type. Typically lacquer solvent base paints are pretty fast to dry.

I bought some hardware store brand and it didn't even smell like lacquer and took much longer to dry than the Watco lacquer I had always used. Then I tried some other lacquer which I can't remember the brand name of now but it also was a disappointment. I've always used the Watco brand and it was starting to get hard to find and one store told me that Rustolium ( Watco ) was changing the formula to meet the environmental standards and all the local stores were out so I ordered several cases online a couple years ago. I'm now running out soon and I see they brought the Watco back and it seems to be the same stuff as far as I can tell. Many of the cans I purchased had defective spray nozzles and some seem like they don't have as much air pressure as they did ( probably why it was cheap and on sale).. so I'm kind of thinking about maybe switching to something else. 

Krylon has been a very good paint for my tractor restorations etc. in my past hobby and is what this triple thick glaze is that I've been using. 

I use MinWax in the spray can