A floor coated with wbp is generally tack free after four to six hours while the same floor coated with obp takes from 24 to 48 hours to dry.
Water based floor varnish drying time.
Always raise the grain on raw wood before applying a water based finish.
It s the fastest curing waterborne floor finish we know of.
Now when you apply the finish the grain will stay down.
If you start early enough you can apply the recommended four coats and sleep in the.
The commercial grade water based finish we use is 100 cured after just 3 days.
Leave floor uncovered at least 2 weeks.
Simply brush sponge or spray on some distilled water and let it dry thoroughly overnight is best.
Water based polyurethane drying time and curing time 6 hours before you can walk on the floors.
The single component water based finish we use is cured in 5 days.
After 6 hours the floor should look dry and not be tacky to the touch.
Within 24 hours you can carefully put your furniture back.
But it is also sufficiently cured and definitely dry enough after 24 hours to have light traffic on it and to be able to carefully there s that word again.
Very handy for floors that need to be back in action very quickly.
Water based finishes dry fast most within two hours so you can apply several coats in a day.