new york united states 1904 1904 founder arthur b. harrison headquarters upper saddle river new jersey united states area served north america products wood stains clear finishes industrial coating painting equipment brands thompson s water seal parent sherwin williams website minwax.com minwax company is a manufacturer of architectural coatings for the professional and do it yourself markets . 1 founded in 1904 in brooklyn ny by arthur b. harrison minwax has grown to be the 1 brand of stains and clear finishes in the us . it is currently owned by sherwin williams . the company s motto is minwax makes and keeps wood beautiful . references edit forstmann little is selling minwax to sherwin williams . new york times . november 23 1996 . retrieved april 28 2012 . external links edit official website this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this new jersey related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title minwax & oldid 737339425 categories companies based in bergen county new jerseymanufacturing companies established in 1904manufacturing companies based in new jerseyunited states manufacturing company stubsnew jersey stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 04 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view