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E-mailed minwax in the Good old Us of a and got this reply today
Thank you for your e-mail to Sherwin Williams
You can find Minwax Wipe On Poly stocked in Bunnings stores in Satin and Gloss 943ml size.
I know we are shipping some to their Kotara store within the week
Yours faithfully
Barry Gentle
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And for the latest on the Minwax Wipe on Poly
... went into Bunnings Epping (Vic) today and
they had four tins of satin and two of gloss (now one).
The attendant in the paint section claimed that it
is a regular item and there are no indicators to show
it will be a discontinued item.
Allan
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You can't teach an old mouse new clicks.
Anyone found minwax anywhere but Bunnings?
Been to two rather large stores here in Adelaide, one said they stopped stocking it last year, the other just looked blank. :(
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Originally Posted by Wongo
Bet a penny to a pound of goat manure they wont have it Darwin.
Last time I asked they said that they have never heard of it let alone stocked it in the past .
Kev
A few months ago i bought all they had at the Gosford Store. The tins had been there a while and where rusted on top!
Back there today and they've not been replaced... Kotatra is not far for my father, I might get him to shoot across.
I believe this is a Sales Rep problem... (inconsistancies in stock levels that is). As I understand it, bunnings does not buy any of their stock untill it is sold??? (hearsay) but instead stock levels are kept up by the suppliers. if the rep isn't visiting for a few weeks it may be a while before stock returns.
I bought a box of pryda conectors (10 pairs) the 10 pairs a each packed indiviually and displayed in a other box. I took the whole box to the counter and the very nice sales lady took them all out of the box and put them on the counter. I asked if i could have the box to kep them in, she said no "the reps like to re-use them"...
This is also why it's also very easy to return items to the big B. If you return an item to The Lumber Bunker, we lose! as it's our Item, our captial thats invested. We don't what you back (for returns) so we get it right first time!
Some time ago I was chasing minwax tung oil. I was referred by minwax USA to their australian distributor who offered to sell me some direct since they don't have a "proper" retail outlet in brisbane.
Just an option if your bent on the minwax product. At least you'd know it was fresh. I thought the service was pretty good.
If you find it at bunnings have a look at the label it will have a letter on the label eg ( S,M,W D) if it is any of first ones it is a stock line if it is a D it is a deleted line and will only be on shelf until sold out if you wont me to see its status give me the f/l number also on label as you can see i work at bunnings. AjQuote:
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From not knowing what I was talking about last week when I went looking for the stuff, I've just taken a trip to my local Bunnings (Mindarie) and to my suprise sitting on the shelf were about 10 cans of Minwax wipe on poly in the gloss, plus another half dozen or so in the satin plus they also had the furniture restorer..
Looks like they might be going to keep some instock again !
The cans all looked brand new, no rusting or denting or even any dust on top.
Plenty at Bunnings, Browns Plains. Looks like new stock too. They have the gloss and the satin finish. I counted 5 cans of each. They also have another minwax product that removes old finishes and had quite a few of these too so it would appear that bunnings are not dumping these products.
Well I was in Bunnings in Darwin this week and lo and behold a full stock of Minwax has appeared on the shelf .
After a year of checking every visit I finally got my hands on some ,I bought a can of satin and one of gloss.
I asked the attendant how long they had it in stock she said 4 days and it will be a stock item .
The distributor is Bondall here in Australia .
Now I just got to make something to use it on.
Kev.