General Finishes Enduro Pre-Cat Lacquer
The figures General Finishes prints for General Finishes Enduro Pre-Cat Lacquer on its own data sheet, at the conditions it names. Where the sheet doesn't give a figure, this page says so rather than borrow one from another product.
- Dry to the touch
- 10 min
- Recoat
- 1 h
- Ready for use
- Not on the sheet we read
- Full cure
- 21 days
- Coverage
- up to 600 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Water, GF Extender or GF Accelerator
- VOC
- Under 271 g/L
- Conditions
- 70 °F, 50 % RH
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: General Finishes, the maker of that product
From the sheet: Despite the name, a water-based self-crosslinking acrylic; touch-dry in 10 minutes; 23 % volume solids.
What the maker names it for
- For: furniture, cabinets.
Against its kind
General Finishes Enduro Pre-Cat Lacquer is one of the products in water-based lacquer; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Water-based lacquer: recoat across makers
28 min
span 25–60 min
Two sources disagree: General Finishes 1, Target Coatings (EMTECH) 0.45833333333333337
More than twice apart (General Finishes 1 h, Target Coatings (EMTECH) 28 min), so this starts at the lower. Go by your own product's figure above.
Water-based lacquer: coverage across makers
Only one maker prints a coverage, so no class value: see its own figure above.
Related
- Every product of this kind: lacquer
- Polyurethane vs lacquer
- If it goes wrong: raised grain, orange peel, fisheyes, dust nibs, cloudy or white finish (blushing), cracking or crazing
- How much to buy: finish coverage calculator
- Every finish side by side: finish dry time chart
- What the federal rules say about finishes and food: food-contact finishes
Work it out for your project
- Plan your coats of this finish
Pick the piece and the wood, then get a dated coat schedule from the product’s own sheet.