Varathane Crystal Clear Polyurethane
The figures Rust-Oleum (Varathane) prints for Varathane Crystal Clear Polyurethane 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
- 30 min
- Recoat
- 2 h
- Ready for use
- 24 h (light use (normal use after 3 days))
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- 400–500 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Not on the sheet we read
- VOC
- Under 250 g/L (2.08 lb/gal)
- Conditions
- 70–80 °F, 50 % RH; apply at 55–90 °F, RH under 85 %
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: Rust-Oleum (Varathane), the maker of that product
From the sheet: Brushing figures; recoat only when the coat has dried clear and feels hard; sand lightly before recoating a coat more than 24 hours old; 3 coats minimum.
Against its kind
Varathane Crystal Clear Polyurethane is one of the products in water-based polyurethanes; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Water-based polyurethanes: recoat across makers
2 h
span 2 h
Median of 3 sources
Water-based polyurethanes: coverage across makers
500 sq ft/gal
span 400–600 sq ft/gal, per coat
Median of 3 sources
Related
- Every product of this kind: water-based polyurethane
- If it goes wrong: raised grain, bubbles in polyurethane, orange peel, fisheyes, brush marks, dust nibs, sticky or tacky finish, cloudy or white finish (blushing)
- 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.