Water Base Top Coats & Sanding Sealers

Winning Fine Woodworking’s Top Choice and Best Brush on award, General Finishes Water-based Top Coats have been proven to be a consumer favorite. Formulated to be durable and consumer friendly, these "green" wood finishes are continuing to earn high marks in the wood finishing world.

Exterior 450 Clear

Designed for exterior wood applications, EXTERIOR 450 outdoor varnish provides your wood with a tough, protective finish that will withstand the rigors of the sun, rain, and wind.

Enduro Water-base Polyurethane Varnish

Enduro Water-base Polyurethane Varnish from General Finishes

Enduro-Var is a self crosslinking polyurethane that looks more like an oil varnish than a water coating. It ambers slightly, is our most durable coating, is highly water resistance, and is both sprayable and brushable. It is our top of the line coating and should be used when you need the very best. Suitable for floors, cabinets and millwork.

Pre-Stain Conditioner Natural

General Finishes Pre-stain conditioner

Water-Base Pre-Stain Conditioner Natural is the same formula as all our water base stains but contains no colorant. Use Pre Stain Conditioner Natural as a wood conditioner to control blotching on hard to stain woods such as maple, pine and cherry.

Waterbase Sanding Sealer

Sanding Sealer is a water base acrylic basecoat. It provides initial sealing for all GF water base topcoats and can be used over raw wood or a stained surface.

High Performance Polyurethane Water Based Top Coat

Winner of Fine Woodworking's Best Overall Choice Award, High Performance Top Coat is the hardest, most durable consumer polyurethane top coat on the market today. It contains all the consumer friendly characteristics of PolyAcrylic Blend.

EF PolyAcrylic Water Base Top Coat

This crystal clear environment friendly finish is rated by Fine Woodworking magazine as "Best Brush-on" in a competition of national brands. It is our standard "work horse" top coat and can be used in furniture and woodwork. Water clean-up.