WoodMangler wrote:

I'll attempt here to get the group's collective mind back into
woodworking:

After I create large pine wood and MDF statues commemorating the
military service and conduct of George W. Bush and John Kerry, using
only craftsman tools as all real woodworkers do, what brand of
polyurethane should I use as a finish over the milk paint?

Oh my, what an image!
For that project I'd suggest a brisk rubdown with gasoline -- followed
by the application of heat.

--RC