Pro CADCode Cambridge Woodworking Machinery Canadian Technologist Ltd. Readers agree to evaluate the significance and limitations of the information provided, and accept full responsibility for the application of this information. My experiments with temperature and reducing tell me that it will not lie like lacquer. I tend to get a bit of a ripple effect in it. Not orange peel, but not the flow I would like.
Ambient temperatures seem to be a key factor, as it likes to be warm.
Also, I have found that in the cold Midwest, the extremely low humidity causes it to flash off too quickly, so I use plenty of retarder. This is to be applied to tabletops with a sheen of approximately 70. I have no problems with lower sheens, as the light is not so harshly reflected. The MAK acts as a retarder and also as a solvent. It will work with Sherwin Williams products.