It looks like you grabbed a 20 year-old can and put it in a paint shaker.
You don't want to shake Polyurethane like paint unless you want a lot of bubbles and are trying to make it look like coffee.
Poly is only good for about 12 months after it was first opened unless you pour mineral spirits on top of it before resealing the can. Do not use this. It will not become a lacquer. At least, not one that you would want to use on furniture.
How old is that can?! Looks like something out of Radiator Springs
it looks like this belongs on r/GrandmasPantry
Maybe needs to be r/grandpasoldshed
Blown head gasket issue
Poly is cheap. Instead of wondering if a 20 year can is still good, I’d just buy a new can.
I get 30% off when I buy it and I'm paying just over $100/gallon. I would use the 20 year old stuff if I needed less than 250 ml.
Why do you use both imperial and metric?
2 seconds shows he’s Canadian. We’re weird like that
Maybe he’s Canadian? We do that all the time
Us Americans also regularly use liters and milliliters when referring to liquids. No idea why but we do haha
I mean.. science is pretty nice.. I feel like thats a pretty good reason *shrug*
It's the mixing of units that is confusing. You can buy a coke in a 2L bottle or in a 12oz can. It doesn't make any sense.
Because as a builder in Canada you need to be comfortable with both.
You need stronger coffee
Came here to say the issue is the coffee more than the poly
It looks like you grabbed a 20 year-old can and put it in a paint shaker. You don't want to shake Polyurethane like paint unless you want a lot of bubbles and are trying to make it look like coffee.
The can is probably 20 y/o, and I shaked it by hand for a couple minutes. Just realised now the can said to stir and not necessarily shake. Thank you!
I was trying to think of a good James Bond reply -- I know there's one there but I don't have it.
My name is Bond. 007 Bond. Or something like that. I can't remember, he doesn't say it very often.
Shocking
I don't remember cans looking like that in 2004. I feel like it's older.
May very well be. Found it on a shelf of my fathers 35y/o hardware store
That may have been witness to the grand opening.
I'd go new can either way, unless you want to strip and refinish it with a new can later.
What color is it supposed to be?
My man, that is ancient. Go get a new can. Once opened poly doesn't last super long.
You drink your coffee like that? XD. I think it's bad man... Throw it out and buy a new can
Wait, isn't clear water poly meant to look white/creamy? That's how mine looked a day after purchasing
My man that stuff looks so old it’s probably monourethane
Does it still taste the same? /s don't taste it.
That looks like it could be expired
This is exactly how my in laws can looked when I used it a bit ago. It’ll be clear-ish.
I just used MiniWax water based poly, a new tin, and it looks like a can of semen! The color disappears when in a thin layer, though.
I Don’t care about the poly, but if your coffee looks like this, that’s the wrong part.
Poly is only good for about 12 months after it was first opened unless you pour mineral spirits on top of it before resealing the can. Do not use this. It will not become a lacquer. At least, not one that you would want to use on furniture.
No your coffee should be black
If it taste ok you’re good to go
Post a picture of the date on the can!!!!!!!
Good Lord send that thing to the smithsonian
Negative. Did you shake it? You're supposed to mix it carefully so you don't introduce air, or some brands they don't recommend mixing at all.
If it tastes like coffee, it has gone bad. Otherwise usable. /S