General Finishes, Paints, Stains, Oils, Cleaners, and RTM system

Extender for Water Based Finishes

Extender is a wetting additive used to improve flow and leveling and slow the drying time of any water-based stain, topcoat, or glaze, which is helpful in hot, dry conditions.   

Accelerator

Accelerator is an additive that decreases the dry time of General Finishes water-based products, which is helpful in humid conditions where dry time is normally extended.

Orange Oil Furniture Polish

Orange Oil is General Finishes most popular and natural furniture care product.   It can be used on any cured finish and does a superb job of removing everyday dirt and dust.   Orange Oil is all-natural, non-combustible with a fresh orange scent.   Designed for use on interior wood finishes.   Orange oil is great for routine furniture maintenance, antique restoration, and as a lubricant when buffing topcoat.x

Water Based Dye Stain Reducer

Dye Stain Reducer is the clear base we use when manufacturing General Finishes Dye Stain and can be used to make custom Dye Stain colors and toning.

Stain Blocker Water Based Primer

Stain Blocker is General Finishes' revolutionary water-based stain-blocking primer for interior projects.   Stain Blocker can protect pigmented finishes from stain, dye, and wood tannin bleed-through.    Brush or spray over an existing finish, raw wood, or MDF as a base coat for light-colored General Finishes Milk Paint and Pigmented Polys.   See our spray tip size recommendations here.   General Finishes Stain Blocker is designed for effectiveness, not price point.   This primer has a sophisticated resin system and an atypical formulation.   Use on pieces concerned about bleed-through.

Butcher Block Oil

Butcher Block Oil is a natural protectant for all wood surfaces that come in contact with food.   Use this oil-based finish on wood cutting boards, utensils, bowls, and butcher blocks.    The mineral oils used in General Finishes Butcher Block Oil meet all the requirements for use on wooden products that come in contact with food.

Orange Oil Furniture Polish

Orange Oil is General Finishes most popular and natural furniture care product.   It can be used on any cured finish and does a superb job of removing everyday dirt and dust.   Orange Oil is all-natural, non-combustible with a fresh orange scent.   Designed for use on interior wood finishes.   Orange oil is great for routine furniture maintenance, antique restoration, and as a lubricant when buffing topcoat.x

Satin Finishing Wax

Satin Finishing Wax is a special blend of waxes designed to give finished woods a rich luster.   It can be used as a polish for rubbing out new finishes or as a scratch-remover for worn surfaces.   It works well over oil- and water-based finishes, including Danish Oil.   We recommend a wet-sanding process followed by buffing to a soft silky sheen.

Stains

Gel Stains are formulated with a combination of pigments, oils (yes these are oil-based products), and urethanes to produce a durable and beautiful "hand-rubbed" finish.   Gel Stains are heavy-bodied (translated as thick – less likely to run and drip all over the place) and so do not penetrate as deeply into the wood as liquid oil base stains do.

Water Based Dye and Wood Stain can be used as standalone colors or can be mixed for custom colors.   Dye stains penetrate deep into the wood to enhance the wood grain and produce vibrant colors.   Wood Stain Glaze Effects are translucent colors used to create decorative finishes and are ideal for distressing, marble, shabby chic, color washing, and rag-rolling effects.    Use over milk paint for special effects.

The GF Stain Blocker works - not just some of the time, but all of the time.   It's not expensive, but neither is your time to keep re-doing what didn't work the last time.   It can be used on existing finishes, raw wood, or MDF as a base coat for milk, chalk, and pigmented polys.  

Outdoor Oil

General Finishes Outdoor Oil is an exterior-rated penetrating oil, a wood maintenance preservative.   It contains UV stabilizers, mildew prohibitions, and twice the oil in competing brands.   Use Outdoor Oil for all exterior outdoor wood projects, particularly wood furniture.   It can be used by itself, over any stain, and on pressure-treated wood.   NOTE: Outdoor Oil may not adhere to extremely oily exotic woods.

Butcher Block Oil

Butcher Block Oil is a natural protectant for all wood surfaces that come in contact with food.  Use this oil-based finish on wood cutting boards, utensils, bowls, and butcher blocks.   The mineral oils used in General Finishes Butcher Block Oil meet all the requirements for use on wooden products that come in contact with food.

Orange Oil Furniture Polish

Orange Oil is General Finishes most popular and natural furniture care product.  It can be used on any cured finish and does a superb job of removing everyday dirt and dust.  Orange Oil is all-natural, non-combustible with a fresh orange scent.  Designed for use on interior wood finishes.  Orange oil is great for routine furniture maintenance, antique restoration, and as a lubricant when buffing topcoat.x

Milk Paint

General Finishes Milk Paint is a premium low VOC, self-sealing interior/exterior mineral-based paint named for its low-luster sheen.   It is so durable and a go-to finish for cabinets and furniture.   It is now more environmentally friendly than ever, made with more than 50% RENEWABLE RESOURCES formulated from sustainable materials that decrease the carbon footprint.   It can be brushed, rolled, or sprayed.

Arm-R-Seal Urethane Wipe-On Topcoat

Arm-R-Seal Oil-Based Topcoats are made with the highest-quality urethane resin, making them extremely durable and long-lasting.   Formulated to be wiped on with a cloth or applied with a foam brush, this ambering finish penetrates to provide deep-down protection for that "natural" look.

High Performance Water Based Polyurethane Topcoat

Winner of Fine Woodworking's "Best Overall Choice Award," High-Performance Topcoat was voted as the hardest, most durable consumer polyurethane topcoat.   It is so versatile it can be brushed or sprayed.

Exterior 450 Water Based Outdoor Top Coat

Exterior 450 Topcoat is a clear-drying low VOC finish suitable for vertical exterior surfaces, such as fences, patio furniture, garage doors, and entrance doors.   It is not recommended as a deck finish.   Exterior 450 is fortified with UV absorbers to stabilize and protect the finish's integrity*and built-in mildewcides to slow mold and mildew growth.   It performs well as a clear coat or an optional topcoat over darker colors. General Finishes Milk Paint.   Do not use over light or white paints as yellowing may occur.  *The UV additive in 450 Clear will protect the film's integrity but will not prevent the wood from changing color from sunlight.  Brush or spray.

Enduro-Var II Water Based Urethane Topcoat

Enduro-Var II is a reformulation of our original oil-modified, ambering, water-based topcoat.  It replaces the original Endurovar. It is made with more than 70% RENEWABLE RESOURCES formulated from sustainable materials that decrease the carbon footprint and is compatible with ALL GF products.   The newer environment-friendly formula dries to a lighter amber than the previous formula, is highly water-resistant, and is sprayable and brushable.  Learn more about General Finishes' entire finishing system of clear and pigmented primers, acrylic and polyurethane clears, pigmented topcoats and water-based stains here: 4 Reasons to Switch to Water-Based Finishes.

Wood Turner's Finish

Wood Turner's Finish is a water-oil urethane hybrid for use on wood turnings, bowls, and other lathe-turned projects, now made with more than 50% RENEWABLE RESOURCES formulated from sustainable materials that decrease the carbon footprint.   This water-based wood finish produces a slight amber tone and dries to recoat in minutes.   Because of its unique chemistry, Wood Turner's Finish is best used as a standalone product on raw wood or over GF water-based stain.