Furniture finishes with improved gloss and reduced crosslinking time are applied in two layers. The first coat consists of an unsaturated, polyester resin, styrene and diaminodichlorodiphenyl methane as accelerator; the second of an unsaturated polyester resin, triethylene glycol methacrylate or diallyl ether of trimethylolpropane, an initiator and accelerator. -- AATA