Envirotex

[adaran01]

Hello
I am currently finishing off a Tasmanian Oak kitchen benchtop, I have sanded, then used an oil based grain filler, I was going to use a polyurathane finish.
On the weekend I saw some examples of this envirotex finish, and promptly bought it, so now I want to put envirotex on my benchtops. Can I put it directly over the top (even with the oil based grain filler).
If not can I seal the surface (maybe a water based varnish), then apply the Envirotex over the top.

Q2) I have used a stain on the edging (Tasmanian oak) that can be used for 7008 or waterbased finish (ie basically anything), I am hoping that the envirotex can be used over the top of this.
The stain is called craftwood or something like that (a craftsmen finish written on the bottle), which is confusing because there is another product called craftsmen by the same company (wattyl I think) that cannot be used for 7008 or water based paints.

Regards Adam

[EMGE]

I have used Etex on 100s of things and really sticks to allmost
anything even on the garage/workshop floor ontop of old oil marks from the car, (very anoying cos it looked like a small puddle of water , after 16 months I got rid of it ,had to use hammer n chisel.) so you see, itll stick,
But remember Etex is self leveling,so if your benchtop has a rolled
edge all of the very expencive Envirotex will drip of the front wasting money and giving u a very ugly edge.
same goes if the the whole top isnt level, it will pool and give you a uneven finish with light ripples in the surface .

Hope that was some use 2U
;)

[Shane Watson]

If you going to spend that sort of money on a finish, I would be ringing envirotex and talking to one of the techs about the likly results. It would be cheaper to take the tops to a professional finisher and have them done in 2-part Poly-u.

Cheers
S