General Finishes Gel Topcoat
The figures General Finishes prints for General Finishes Gel Topcoat 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
- 8+ h
- Recoat
- 24+ h
- Ready for use
- Not on the sheet we read
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- up to 600 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Not recommended
- VOC
- 566 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: A thick oil and urethane topcoat; the sheet gives no cure time.
Against its kind
General Finishes Gel Topcoat is one of the products in oil-based polyurethanes; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Oil-based polyurethanes: recoat across makers
4 h
span 3–24 h
Median of 3 sources
Oil-based polyurethanes: coverage across makers
500 sq ft/gal
span 500–700 sq ft/gal, per coat
Median of 3 sources
Related
- Every product of this kind: oil-based polyurethane
- If it goes wrong: bubbles in polyurethane, orange peel, fisheyes, brush marks, dust nibs, sticky or tacky finish, 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.