RUSTINSPCGL250 250ml Plastic Coating and Hardener Gloss

I bought this for a wooden breakfast bar in a holiday let. 2 years later and not a mark on it! I buffed final coat with a very fine sandpaper to give a satin, rather than gloss, finish. Found it very easy to use but is a bit smelly so open a window! Brilliant product

Excellent product .

Rustins Plastic Coating was used by Brian May of rock group Queen to finish his famous guitar, The Red Special, in 1963. Hence it is favoured by those who seek to build replicas of his guitar.In general, RPC is simple to use but there are a few key limitations that need to be understood to avoid the finish wrinkling or rippling.A previous version of the instruction leaflet stated "A minimum of three coats is recommended but many more can be applied. Marquetry is often given as many as nine coats." It is not known exactly how many coats Brian May applied to his guitar, but since the Red Special was finished with knife cut mahogany marquetry veneer approximately 0.6 mm thick, it is likely that he followed this advice and applied many coats.The most key piece of information is that you have to either get three coats on within two hours (to achieve the window for a chemical bond) or wait several days for the previous coating(s) to fully harden before the window for a mechanical bond will be achieved.This is because the surface hardens relatively quickly but under layer remains soft and can be reactivated by the next coat leading to a wrinkled or pitted finish.The recommended time that should be left for the coat to harden completely varies from 3 to 6 days because this is dependent on ambient temperature. The warmer the temperature, the sooner the coat will harden. The instruction leaflet recommends temperatures above 18 degrees Celsius.Initial rubbing down should be done using 600 to 1000 grit wet and dry and/or 0000 grade wire wool to apply a key for the next coat. Only progress to a finer grit when you are ready to apply the final coat.Try to avoid using RPC on a product that has been assembled using PVA or water based glue, as the coating can sometimes react with the PVA glue and cause problems later on. The best glue to use is Cascamite or other resin based glue.RPC is extremely sensitive to contaminants such as cleaning chemicals, wax polishes, food stuffs, oils etc. If these for any reason enter the timber the strong solvents in the PC will dissolve them out and will probably not affect the first coat but the second.

Excellent product from Rustins, you have to be a little careful how you apply but with a little care you can get a superb finish, used on an Oak kitchen worktop. expensive initially but lasts forever, had a coffee table in the 70's coated with this product, tabletop was still looking good last year so it was sent to the charity shop, top was virtually unmarked after over 40 years with reasonable useage.would recommend to anyone.when using this product I used disposable foam brushes for the best result, cheap brushes could lose bristles which are difficult to see and once the coating hardens would be impossible to remove, never tried the thinners to clean brushes so don't know how effective it is.

This stuff is fantastic as long are you are careful with application and spend some time finishing. I've used it on guitars and nothing beats it short of spraying with some kind of twin pack.

This product is well known and if mixed in the correct proportions does a great job in waterproofing.

I have used lots of varnishes and polishes in my time but I found this very hard to use. Maybe just me but it isn’t for the faint hearted.

Brilliant stuff this. Can't fault it for performance. A little smelly on application, but not for long and I find it bearable. Unusually for liquid products it actually had higher area coverage than the claims for my use, albeit on ash which is of course fairly dense. Great finish and lasts well too. A definite 5 star product, and I won't coat wood with anything else now.