Waterlox Coatings Corp. - Waterlox Original Sealer/Finish
Waterlox Original Sealer/Finish dries in about three hours to a dark, low-gloss finish.
Irregular Finish
From FWW #245 (January/February 2015)
By Mark Schofield
Street price/qt.: $30
Coats needed – wiping: 4
Coats needed – brushing: 5
Surface quality – wiping: Good
Surface quality – brushing: Very good
Shimmer/depth*: Excellent
Figure**: Excellent
Scratch test: Good
Comments: Darkest finish was slow to build. Even five brushed coats left a somewhat irregular finish.
*Tested on cherry
**Tested on curly maple
From FWW #178(July/August 2005)
By Chris A. Minick
The author tested 15 wipe-on finishes, including a water-based finish and both tung-oil and linseed-oil-based finishes. Pure boiled linseed oil and Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane, a brushing finish, were added for comparison. All the finishes were tested on pieces of red-oak plywood cut from the same sheet. Waterlox Original Sealer/Finish dried in three hours to a dark, low-gloss finish with good water resistance.
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Comments
annoying you don't link to the article here
I see this blog was posted several years ago, so I hope someone will see my comment. I am in desperate need of advice. From the manufacturer’s claim, I thought Waterlox was the answer to all my needs for my kitchen countertops......wrong, wrong, wrong. But, I did not realize this falsehood until I invested weeks of labor striving for that “perfect finish”. After sanding my last coat (5), and rubbing it down with lambs wool, I’m left with a streaking cloudy mess. And the finish is so soft, everyday use as a countertop is a joke. Please help!!!!
Dobbins, unfortunately there is no way for us to know what went wrong based on your comment.
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