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Zinsser Bulls Eye SealCoat

The figures Rust-Oleum (Zinsser) prints for Zinsser Bulls Eye SealCoat 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
5–15 min
Recoat
20–60 min
Ready for use
Not on the sheet we read
Full cure
Not on the sheet we read
Coverage
400–600 sq ft per gallon
Thinning
1:1 with denatured alcohol as a pre-stain conditioner
VOC
660 g/L (5.51 lb/gal)
Conditions
70 °F, 50 % RH
Indoors or out
Interior
Food contact
The sheet we read makes no food-contact statement

One source: Rust-Oleum (Zinsser), the maker of that product

From the sheet: Dewaxed shellac sanding sealer, the one Zinsser names for sealing under polyurethane. First coat on bare wood: touch-dry in 5–10 minutes, sand or recoat in 20–30 minutes; later coats touch-dry in 10–15 minutes and recoat in 1 hour.

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Sources

  1. Rust-Oleum (Zinsser), Bulls Eye SealCoat Universal Sanding Sealer technical data sheet, Form GDH-198, Rev. 012924, read 2026-11-07.

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