A combination stain and interior topcoat with a satin sheen. Makes wood look, feel and stay beautiful. This product has a satin finish, but it can be polished for a slightly higher sheen.

Uses: For interior woodwork, furniture, and floors. On floors, top with OSMO Polyx Oil for maximum durability.

Features:

• Made mostly from readily renewable, natural ingredients.
• Meets European safety standards for use on children's furniture and toys and resistance to perspiration and saliva
• Contains no biocides or preservatives, only aliphatic low-odor mineral spirits that meet the German standard for purity
• Easy to apply-just one coat on woodwork, two on furniture and floors
• Does not raise the grain of wood, so there's no need to sand between coats
• Won't peel, rub or flake off. Finish resists water, dirt and abrasion.
• Microporous, allowing any moisture found in the wood to evaporate without causing peeling. This feature makes Wood Wax Finish a good product for rooms with high humidity, such as kitchens and bathrooms. It has been used for decades in Europe in rooms with high moisture-even around indoor swimming pools.

Ingredients: Depending on the tint, 50-60% solids (the part of a finish that remains on the wood after the finish dries): natural vegetable oils and waxes, iron oxide and organic pigments, and white titanium dioxide pigment--all approved for use in the food sector in Germany. This finish also contains water-repellent additives and lead-free dryers. The natural oils include sunflower, soybean and thistle. The finish uses two hard, natural waxes-carnauba and candelilla. A Brazilian palm tree, Copernica cerifera, produces the carnauba in its leaves, berries and stalks. Villagers cut down fronds, dry them for several days, and then beat off the wax. The candelilla comes from the outer coating on a desert shrub, Euphorbia antisyphiliti, that grows in northern Mexico. Farmers boil the leaves and stems with water and sulfuric acid to release the wax. The remaining 40-50% of the contents are aliphatic low-odor mineral spirits that meet the German standard for purity.

Coverage: One liter covers approximately 200 square feet.

Application: Open windows. Make sure ventilation is good. Wood surface must be clean and dry (maximum moisture content of 20%). Old paints and varnishes must be removed. Old microporous stains only have to be cleaned. Stir the finish slightly. Don't thin. Using a stiff OSMO brand brush or a clean cloth, apply a thin coat evenly and thoroughly. Brush or rub in the direction of the wood grain. (We recommend an OSMO brush because its short bristles were designed to work efficiently with this finish.) Do a trial application on a scrap or in a hidden spot. You can deepen the color by applying a second, thin coat after the first one dries. You can also mix colors. Because this is a semiTransparentarent stain, the final appearance will be influenced by the natural color of the wood. Best results are usually obtained by using a color that is the same or slightly darker than the bare wood. We recommend light shades only for new, light-colored wood. On new wood, where possible, apply the finish to all sides of the wood before installation. It's easier and neater.

Dry Time: About 12 hours. Maintain good ventilation.

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.