My Wife used to use Deft on her baskets, she swapped to Minwax clear lacquer a while back, she said they changed something, and didn't like the new look. Now I see what she was talking about. Sux when companies do that, usually is to make them more $$$$$ and they don't GARA if you are satisfied or not, as long as they make $$$$$.
I've always just used Shellac for this step, so I have never been much of a user.