General Finishes creates high-end wood finishing products for the woodworking enthusiast and professional. These high quality products come in both oil and water bases and focus on attention to detail, integrity, and enduring craftsmanship.
Wood Stain - Water Based
General Finishes Water Based Stains have superior qualities over oil-based stains. Their high-quality pigments produce rich, dark, uniform colors on hard-to-stain woods like maple and pine.
Quick Dry: Water-Based Wood Stain is a quick drying product making it possible to finish stain projects in their entirety in just a couple of hours.
Low-VOC: Water-Based Wood Stain is PFAS-free, and as General Finishes strives for a cleaner and healthier environment, all future product development will be free of “Forever Chemicals.” Low odor, low VOC, water cleanup, and noncombustible.
Exterior 450 Stain - Water Based
General Finishes’ Exterior 450 Stains are low VOC premium quality, exterior pigmented water-based wood stains designed for outdoor projects with vertical surfaces such as garage doors, entrance doors and furniture. Can be applied to wood, MDF, and fiberglass. These stains are not recommended for large horizontal surfaces such as decks. Exterior 450 Stains contain U.V. absorbers to protect the finish and mildewcides to slow mold and mildew growth, but will not prevent the wood from changing color in sunlight.
Gel Stain - Oil Based
Gel Stain from General Finishes is home of the popular Java Gel Stain featured across the nation’s social media for upcycling furniture and cabinets. Gel wood stains are heavy-bodied and do not penetrate as deeply into the wood as liquid oil-based wipe-on stains, providing the deepest, richest colors of any oil-based stain.
High Performance - Water Based Interior 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. Now available in a new sheen, Dead Flat, formulated with new patented polymer technology. The new Dead Flat delivers a <5-degree sheen, high-water resistance, and very high chemical resistance.
Exterior 450 Topcoat - Water Based
Exterior 450 Topcoat 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 integrity the finish*, and built-in mildewcides to slow mold and mildew growth. It performs well as a clear coat or as 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 integrity of the film, but will not prevent the wood from changing color from sunlight
