General Finishes Oil Based Wood Stain
The figures General Finishes prints for General Finishes Oil Based Wood Stain 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 800 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Pre-Stain Natural
- VOC
- All colors under 550 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 wiping stain; sand no finer than 150 grit on hardwoods and 180 on softwoods; finish with 3 coats of a GF topcoat.
Against its kind
General Finishes Oil Based Wood Stain is one of the products in oil-based penetrating stain; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Oil-based penetrating stain: recoat across makers
2.5 h
span 1–24 h
Median of 3 sources
Oil-based penetrating stain: coverage across makers
800 sq ft/gal
span 500–1,100 sq ft/gal, per coat
Median of 3 sources
Related
- Every product of this kind: wood stain
- If it goes wrong: blotchy stain, raised grain, sticky or tacky finish
- 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 the finish for your project
Pick the piece and the wood, then get a dated coat schedule from the product’s own sheet.