Aleene's 26412 Spray Gloss Finish, 6 Oz Acrylic Sealer, Original Version

I really like this acrylic clear finishing spray. You spray it on and it dries very quickly. I use it to paint rocks and have both sides dry within an hour. It's not too drippy if you use it correctly. It's not sticky at all and functions as it should. The sealant is very durable which is fantastic to protect my painted rocks. It leaves nice even clear coat. It's just a little too stinky for my taste but it's not enough to prevent me from using it. This was a repeat purchase and I will be buying it again.

This gloss spray is fantastic! I use it to seal my rock paintings, and it works exactly as intended. The functionality is perfect—just shake and spray, and it coats smoothly. Once dried, it’s not sticky at all and leaves a sleek, professional finish. I’ve even left some of my sealed rocks outside, and they’ve held up great in the rain, so I’d say it’s definitely water-resistant. As a sealer, it does its job beautifully, locking in the colors and protecting the artwork without any smudging or discoloration.

I purchased this for a craft project and am very pleased with the coverage and look of this acrylic paint. Great value and quality product

I wanted to try this for covering painting projects and projects that had been sprayed with adhesive (for instance, to attach glitter to) so it would cover and protect the project. It's all paper projects. The spray works really well and dries fast, so I really like it a lot for that. It has done well with securing the glitter to those projects and making sure they weren't sticky from the adhesive spray I used on those projects before putting this layer on. For performance I would give this product 5 stars.The reason I ultimately gave it 4 stars, tho, is the smell. WOOOO!!! It's so strong!!! I would strongly recommend spraying outdoors if you can. The smell will stick around until the next day if you use it indoors. And if you do use it indoors make sure it's a very well ventilated space!I will definitely continue to use Allenes because I'm really happy with the performance. I'll put up with the smell because it works really well.

I’ve only tried Krylon and now Aleene’s gloss sprays to seal my vinyl sticker prints. If you don’t want to read: 2 textured glossy images are Aleene’s vs 1 slick glossy images by Krylon UV Resistant GlossBoth have their shortcomings but from just a few uses I find Aleene’s easier to work with provided you don’t need a super slick gloss surface.Krylon gloss sprays my experience only worked super well on very very good thick glossy vinyl sticker paper which is much more $. On thinner ones, it made the paper curl and it was a pain to work with. On thinner glossy vinyl Krylon UV Resustant Gloss would create a very shiny but uneven texture of wavy sports where the gloss would pool even if you spray just enough to give an even single coat. However, on thick and more expansive glossy sticker vinyl, Krylon creates amazing results, you wouldn’t know the sticker was sprayed at all.Now for I just opened the Aleene’s gloss and to test it out, I went over the thinner sheet Krylon got all messed up. It fixed the surface right away. You couldn’t even tell that there were bumps or anything uneven, Aleene’s smoothed everything out and created a very even coat. After 2 coats, it’s as if there is no other coat underneath at all.Aleene’s is more like a hair spray than spray paint (Like Krylon is). It’s smaller, but you need to use less of it. And while you do need to shake it, you don’t have to do this for like 2minutes straight.Since I tested on the already ruined paper, I don’t have the absolute best possible final results but I added to show the texture and the shine level of 2 coats. It appears to come out a bit like textured semi-gloss from the test trial. The kind of texture a super fine mist would create. But it went on sooo evenly, that even if I can’t work out how to coat the stickers to look as if they are simply a glossy vinyl.. the look this gloss creates is very appearing. But it’s clearly designated for acrylic painting uses and maybe not the best for vinyl stickers. It creates exactly the surface you’d want when coating an acrylic paining.So Aleene’s is not meant for sticker gloss quality, it won’t create a super slick gloss finish. But if you don’t mind having a nice mist texture, it is much better than Krylon for thinner vinyl paper. But Krylon produces much glossier and sticker smooth results when using thicker and more expansive gloss sticker paper ( looks almost as if nothing had been strayed at all unless you look super duper close). While, Aleene’s coat can be felt with your fingers because it’s much less slick/smooth. But not necessarily in a bad way. Just depends on whether that’s what you want.

Good stuff at a great price

Seems to add a real shine to my rocks in my rock garden.

Pretty good. I use it for rock painting. It will hold but if it rains a lot or hails, loses the paint.