One Coat Only is a semiTransparentarent stain suitable for interior and exterior use. It colors the wood but the grain still shows. This product has an unusually high solids content--85 percent. It covers up to three times as much area as exterior stains with only 15-40% solids. Because of its pigments, One Coat Only provides excellent protection against ultraviolet rays from the sun, which destroy wood fibers by degrading the substance (lignin) that holds them together. Dark shades of stain offer more protection against UV than light shades do.
Features:
- SemiTransparentarent finish for all exterior wood (except porch floors and decks)
- Excellent UV protection
- Microporous finish allows any moisture that gets through can also evaporate without causing the coating to peel
- Made mostly from natural oils
- No biocides or preservatives
- When dry, meets European safety standards for use on children's furniture and toys and resistance to perspiration and saliva
Coverage: 200 square feet per liter (75 sf per 0.375 liter can) and you only need one coat.
Preparation: Wood surface must be clean, frost-free and dry (maximum moisture content of 20%). Old paints and varnishes must be removed. Old microporous stains only have to be cleaned. On new wood, where possible, apply the finish to all sides of the wood before installation. It's easier and neater.
Application: Stir the finish thoroughly. Don't thin. Use a stiff brush. OSMO brushes are ideal because of their short bristles. Dip the brush into the well-stirred finish and apply in a very thin coat along the line of the wood grain. Brush back and forth to spread out the stain.
Drying: Drying takes about 12 hours
Cleanup: Clean brushes with mineral spirits or the benzene-free OSMO Brush Cleaner.
Storage: Can be stored for five years or longer. Freezing doesn't ruin this product. If the can freezes, the finish may thicken. But it will regain normal consistency and be ready to use after two or three days at room temperature.
Ingredients: 85% solids (the part of a finish that remains on the wood after the finish dries): natural vegetable oil (sunflower), iron oxide, organic pigments, and white titanium dioxide pigment--all officially approved for use in the food sector in Germany. This finish also contains water-repellent additives and lead-free dryers. The remaining 15% is solvent: aliphatic low-odor mineral spirits that meet the German standard for purity.
