Watco Danish Oil
The figures Rust-Oleum (Watco) prints for Watco Danish Oil 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
- Not on the sheet we read
- Wipe or second application
- let it soak in 30 minutes, reapply and wait 15 more, then wipe completely dry
- Ready for use
- 8–10 h (ready for use)
- Full cure
- Not on the sheet we read
- Coverage
- 220–300 sq ft per gallon
- Thinning
- Do not thin
- VOC
- Sold as the “350 VOC” formula (the sheet’s product name)
- Conditions
- Apply at 60–90 °F, RH under 85 %
- Indoors or out
- Interior
- Food contact
- The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement
One source: Rust-Oleum (Watco), the maker of that product
From the sheet: Wait 72 hours before a polyurethane topcoat; natural drying oils and rosin ester.
Against its kind
Watco Danish Oil is one of the products in danish oil; here is that kind across every maker we have read.
Danish oil: recoat across makers
No maker we read prints a recoat time.
Danish oil: coverage across makers
Only one maker prints a coverage, so no class value: see its own figure above.
Related
- Every product of this kind: danish oil
- Tung oil vs Danish oil
- Danish oil vs boiled linseed oil
- 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.