Glaze Effects

Gel Stain gets its deep rich hue from a large amount of colorants. Seal the stain with a topcoat before applying glaze to prevent "color pull" when applying glaze. You will get an additional benefit - the glaze will glide easier over the surface allowing you greater control of how much color you want to use. Be sure to wait 72 hours when applying water based finishes over oil based finishes.

• Glaze Effects
• Gel Stain

The Restoration Hardware look is fantastic, but the price can definitely be a turn off.  But GF has good news!  Anastasia Vintage has come up with a technique to acheive a Restoration Hardware inspired look using General Finishes products. 

• Glaze Effects
• Milk Paint
• tips and techniques

In this tutorial video Chris Adams and "celebrity guest" Holly Haguewood of Drabs2Fabs show how to glaze a small table with Van Dyke Brown Glaze Effects over Holiday Red

• Glaze Effects

ANSWER: You can design your own custom glazes, washes and varnishes with General Finishes intermixable water based products. See tips and recipes below:

GF Tip: For all of the following mixes, GF recommends the following two steps:

• Glaze Effects
• high performance topcoat
• Milk Paint
• tips and techniques
• water based finishes

GF's Get the Look series is designed to give you some inspiration for your next project!

• Milk Paint
• Glaze Effects

Got the blues? We sure do... Coastal Blue, that is!

• application tips
• Glaze Effects
• Milk Paint

Get the Look: Corinth Blue Milk Paint glazed with Pitch Black

• application tips
• Glaze Effects
• Milk Paint

ANSWER: Yes!

• high performance topcoat
• Glaze Effects

Should I use a topcoat or a wax over my paint or stain finish?

The GF gang gets this question all the time.

• dye stain
• finishing wax
• Glaze Effects
• Top Coat
• Waterbased Wood Stains

A glaze is a small amount of colorant carried in a clear base (such as Clear Glaze Effects or High Performance Top Coat), and a color wash is a small amount of colorant carried in a white base (such as

• color wash
• Glaze Effects
• varnishing technique