Osmo Polyx-Oil Original
The figures Osmo prints for Osmo Polyx-Oil Original 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
- Not on the sheet we read
- Recoat
- 8–10 h
- Ready for use
- Not on the sheet we read
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- 24 m² per litre
- Thinning
- Do not thin
- VOC
- Under 500 g/L (the EU limit for its category is 500 g/L)
- Conditions
- Not on the sheet we read
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: Osmo, the maker of that product
From the sheet: Plant oils and waxes; two thin coats on bare wood, one to renew.
What the maker names it for
- For: floors, furniture, toys.
Against its kind
Osmo Polyx-Oil Original is one of the products in hardwax oils; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Hardwax oils: recoat across makers
Only one maker’s sheet so far, so no class value: see its own figure above.
Hardwax oils: coverage across makers
1,304 sq ft/gal
span 978–2,037 sq ft/gal, per coat
Only two sources publish this: Osmo and Rubio Monocoat
Related
- Every product of this kind: hardwax oil
- Hardwax oil vs polyurethane
- 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.