General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish
The figures General Finishes prints for General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish 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
- 12+ h
- Recoat
- 24+ h
- Ready for use
- Not on the sheet we read
- Full cure
- 30 days
- Coverage
- up to 500 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Mineral spirits
- VOC
- All sheens under 577 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: An oil-based polyurethane for lathe-turned work; the sheet makes no food-contact statement.
Against its kind
General Finishes Wood Bowl Finish 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.