talk about hit it on the head, knock it out of the park, you are spot on there skeet! I have used both...the etex seems thin, stays tacky too long which gives a longer window to attract dust and particles to trash your topcoat, longer production time for drying, messier dripping stuff, takes multiple coats to acheive same mil. level. I started out by using the etex but now i am going to use my last bit and am making the conversion to devcon.
devcon all the way. very durable, very deep and rich looking, awesome finish for the time you took to make your bait.