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Pro Image Flooring Water-Based Top Coat

General Finishes Satin Pro Image Floor Water Based Topcoat, Gallon

General Finishes Pro Image Flooring Topcoat is a single-component urethane for interior hardwood floors. It is a VOC compliant, water clean-up, clear drying, durable, self-cross-linking urethane/acrylic, making it a leader among single-component technologies.

*How is a Flooring Topcoat Different than a Furniture or Cabinet Finish?

Pro Floor Finishes Compatibility

Three features differentiate flooring topcoats

General Finishes flooring topcoat, Pro Image, is fortified with significantly more urethane to increase durability.
The slip rate of flooring topcoats is higher to improve floor safety and reduce the likelihood of slipping; approximately a 5.7 rating. For example, someone in socks is less likely to slip on a flooring finish, or a basketball player is less likely to slip on a good professional floor finish.

Water-Based Dye Stain

Water-based Dye Stains penetrate deep into the wood to beautifully magnify the grain. This low VOC stain will provide your project with more depth and color vibrancy than any other wood stain.

Water-Based Wood Stain

General Finishes Water Based Stains have superior qualities over oil-based stains. Their high-quality pigments produce rich, dark, uniform colors on hard-to-stain woods like maple and pine.

Can I use water based topcoat, stain or paint after it has frozen?

Frozen High Performance Water Based Topcoat

Storing Finishes

Usually not but not all water based products respond the same way to a freeze. Most stains will be fine because freezing doesn't affect color. Some of the dyes will coagulate.

*How Important is the "Hardness" of a Wood Finish?

Water Based Topcoats Technique Tips

The hardness properties of a wood finish are formulated around the objectives of use. A hard finish is desirable on projects that get heavy wear such as kitchen cabinets or table tops.

But in other situations, such as an outdoor topcoat, a desired property of the finish is elongation, which allows the topcoat to expand and contract through different extremes of temperature.

Enduro-Var II Water-Based Urethane Topcoat

General Finishes ar II Water Based Urethane Topcoat

Enduro-Var II is a reformulation of our original oil-modified, ambering, water-based topcoat. It replaces original Endurovar and is made with more than 70% RENEWABLE RESOURCES formulated from sustainable materials that decrease the carbon footprint and is compatible with ALL GF products.

Exterior 450 Water-Based Clear Outdoor Topcoat

General Finishes Satin Water Based Topcoat Exterior 450, Gallon

Exterior 450 Topcoat is a tintable clear-drying low VOC finish suitable for vertical exterior surfaces, such as fences, patio furniture, garage doors and entrance doors. It is not recommended as a deck finish.

*Is Topcoat Required Between Gel Stain and Water Based Glaze Effects?

Gel Stains (Oil Based) Glaze Effects Water Based Topcoats Technique Tips

Yes - this is not a good place to take shortcuts. GF Gel Stain gets its deep rich hue from a large number of colorants. Seal the stain with a topcoat before applying glaze to prevent "color pull."

The glaze will also glide more easily over the surface after topcoat is applied, allowing you greater control of how much color you want to use. Be sure to wait 72 hours when applying water-based finishes over oil-based finishes.

Are Water-Based Stains Any Good?

Water-Based Wood Stains from General Finishes

Now more than ever, water-based stains offer a viable alternative to oil-based and other solvent-based stains.

Water-based stains penetrate deeper into wood than oil-based stains, resulting in deep, rich colors in only one coat. Manufacturers, professionals, and DIY users moving away from solvent-based products to water-based systems find immediate advantages...