Minwax Date Codes

[krw]

That's what happens when you misspell it. ;-) Y'all is a contraction of "you" and "all", with the "ou" dropped and replaced by the '''. ;-)

What's the possessive of "it"?

In NY, it's yous.

[m II]

Sure it isn't a contraction of ya' (yuh) and all? I doubt people using "ya'll" enunciate "you" frequently.

What's the possessive of "it"?

In NY, it's yous.

[krw]

Positive.

Wrong, in many ways, of course. Top posters always are.

[emomplease]

Would you assume MW 2088VN would be day 208 of 2008 or 2018?

[knuttle]

I don't know of the Minwax system, but worked with lot numbers and dating codes. From what was given I assume the lot number structure is

"Batch" a Designator ie like the phrase "Lot Number", "Batch Number", "Run Number'

PP (MW) is a product code. nnn (131) is the day of the year the product was made. (Probably the production facility makes one batch per day and packages it.) Y (0) is a one digit character representing the last number of the year.

A field of 6 characters would be given for the lot number "PPnnnY"

Batch PPnnnY If so, Minwax works on a 10 year cycle, with expiration date of 4 years, thus the year cycle is 2.5 time the expiration date. So by the time a date number comes around again any produce would have expired 2. times.

This is quite similar to a lot number system that I used for nearly 16 years.

[Leon]

Date does not matter if the product does not work. If you have a product that could be 2 or 12 years old, test on a scrap. If it works out OK proceed. Or to be safe, buy a new fresh can of the product.

[Painter_Paul]

The 040 is the batch number and the last three is the number can filled by that batch. If there would happen to be a problem with a product they will remove all of that batch from stores. They know exactly how many cans they filled from that specific batch. Just a FYI I am a painting contractor of 24 years and I have ran into a exact situation with minwax before Sherwin Williams bought the company. It's still the same way today the numbers except you will see a 4 digit number with SCW underneath the batch number. That is coding for Sherwin Williams.