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Enduro Water-Based White Undercoat

General Finishes Enduro Water Based White Primer Enduro White Undercoat, Gallon

General Finishes Professional Enduro White Undercoat is similar to General Finishes Sanding Sealer with the addition of white colorant to provide a primer undercoat for white/off-white wood finishes. Want to tint to a darker color? Use Enduro Deep Base Primer instead.

Enduro Professional Water-Based White Poly

General Finishes Water Based Pigmented Topcoat Enduro White Poly, Gallon, Satin

Enduro White Poly is a professional high-solids, tintable, pigmented water-based wood finish engineered for cabinets and millwork. White Poly is a PFAS-free coating. Use over Enduro White Undercoat or Enduro Stain Blocker is recommended.

General Finishes 2016 Design Challenge Categories and Prizes

text: ready your brushes GF design challenge july 2016

Post Date

Wed, 06/15/2016 - 12:00

This years contest features thousands of dollars of prizes!

This year's contest entries will be accepted between Monday, July 4-25. GF will post a link to the entry page on July 4th. Voting begins Tuesday, July 26 and winners will be announced the first week in August.

*What Shade of White is Brushable White Enamel?

Brushable White Enamel

General Finishes Brushable White Enamel is a bright white. It's similar in color to General Finishes Snow White Milk Paint and General Finishes Enduro Pigmented White Poly.

Creating custom glaze colors, pastel color washes and varnishing techniques

Post Date

Tue, 04/08/2014 - 12:00

A glaze is a small amount of colorant carried in a clear base (such as Clear Glaze Effects or

Exterior 450 Water-Based White Topcoat

General Finishes Exterior 450 White Water Based Topcoat Topcoat

General Finishes NEW Exterior 450 White is a water-based exterior-rated pigmented coating for use on vertical surfaces such as outdoor kitchens, entry doors, garage doors, and windows.

Distressed Paint Color Combinations: 100s of Examples

In the following faux finish examples, several layers of GF Milk Paints, GF Glaze Effects, GF Wood Stains and GF Top Coats are combined in the tradition of old world craftsmen to create unique, distressed looks in any color palette.

*Why Are Some Milk Paint Colors Thinner and More Translucent Than Others?

Milk Paint

The ability of a paint to "hide" (cover) the existing underlying finish color is dependent on a number of factors.

One factor is colorants and the other is filler. Colorants affect the viscosity of durable furniture paints, making some paints thinner than others. GF could add more filler, making Milk Paint similar to wall paint, but that would reduce the durability.

Bright, organic colors such as blues, greens, reds, yellows and whites are thinner. Unfortunately, this a problem common among highly durable paints in the industry.

GF's Annual Design Contest

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Mon, 01/19/2015 - 12:00

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR GROUNDHOG DAY. The General Finishes 2015 Contest Starts February 2nd and runs for 40 days. There are two categories to enter. Enter one or both as often as you wish here

1) WILD NIGHTS DESIGN CHALLENGE

*How Do I Prevent Light Colored Paint from Yellowing When Applying Water Based Topcoat?

Chalk Style Paint Flat Out Flat High Performance Water Based Top Coat Milk Paint Repairing & Trouble Shooting Water Based Finishes

All bright white paint will yellow slightly with time, even without topcoat. You have probably tried to touch up white woodwork in your home after several years and noticed that the new paint is brighter.

But white and light paints can react if clear coated with a waterbased finish; water-based topcoats are reactive and may draw out substances in the wood such as tannins, dyes or unknown substances in existing finishes causing the topcoat to yellow. This is an industry-wide issue and can happen right away, years later or never.