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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.

Is it necessary to use Pro Sealer every time I finish a wood floor?

Pro Floor Finishes

General Finishes Pro Image Topcoat or Pro Shield Topcoat can be applied directly to the stain without a sealer.

In cases of species like White Oak top coats can pull tannin from the wood leaving an undesirable color affect. Many closed grain woods such as maple, walnut, and cherry may only require one seal coat and two finish coats. Most open grain woods such as the oaks and ash will need two seal coats to increase the build of the finish and improve the final result. If in doubt, put down a coat of sealer.

Enduro Water-Based Pro Series White Polyurethane

General Finishes Pro Series Polyurethane White Single Component

General Finishes Enduro Pro Series White Polyurethane is a single-component self-cross linking polyurethane/acrylic topcoat designed for fast build with 2-coat hide capability.

Enduro Water-Based Pro Series Clear Polyurethane

General Finishes Enduro Pro Series Clear Polyurethane is a single-component, self-cross linking polyurethane/acrylic topcoat designed for fast build with excellent flow and leveling. Priced competitively for the professional and industrial markets, Pro Series Clear is tintable and me

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.

Water Based Wood Turners Finishes

General Finishes Clear Water Based Topcoat Wood Turner's Finish, 1/2 Pint Bottle

Wood Turner's Finish is a water-oil urethane hybrid for use on wood turnings, bowls and other lathe-turned projects, now made with more than 50% RENEWABLE RESOURCES formulated from sustainable materials that decrease the carbon footprint.

*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.

*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.

*How Do I Prevent Bleed Through When Applying Whitewash Over Espresso Water Based Wood Stain?

Wood Stains (Water Based) Technique Tips

Water Based Stains will always exhibit a bit of bleed through. When glazing with any color over water stains, we recommend some type of seal coat is applied first.