Sherwin-Williams, through its Industrial Wood Coatings Division, announces that 10 of its wood finishing products – including three of its newest products – have achieved GREENGUARD Gold Certification for low chemical emissions into indoor air during product usage.

Seven Sherwin-Williams Formaldehyde Free Finishing (F3) products have held GREENGUARD Gold Certification for several years. The F3 line is an advanced offering of high-performance wood finishes containing no formaldehyde or ingredients that may emit formaldehyde, and may be used as drop-in replacements for traditional catalyzed products with the same ease, performance and quality.

New to the list are SHER-WOOD 5421W Universal Primer and Sayerlack® White Hydroplus and Sayerlack® Clear Hydroplus topcoats, all of which were featured at International Woodworking Fair 2016.

SHER-WOOD 5421W Universal Primer is a high performance waterborne acrylic that meets the growing needs of woodworkers for a single component alternative to catalyzed solvent-based wood primers. It can be used as a drop-in replacement of many solvent or waterborne primers in finishing systems where higher VOC primers or basecoats have traditionally been used. It may be used with many waterborne and solvent-based finishes, thus allowing the number of primers a shop needs to inventory. 

Sayerlack White Hydroplus and Sayerlack® Clear Hydroplus topcoats are top-of-the-line waterborne advanced technology European style finishes. These high-end finishes deliver both aesthetics and durability, providing resistance to moisture, chemicals and scratches.

“Sherwin-Williams GREENGUARD Gold Certified wood finishing products provide manufacturers the assurance that they are getting Sherwin-Williams quality and low chemical emissions to improve the air conditions in the environments in which the products are used,” said Joe Kujawski, global director of marketing, Sherwin-Williams Industrial Wood Coatings. “We are proud to offer a broad array of such products to meet the needs of discerning customers.”

The full list of Sherwin-Williams GREENGUARD Gold Certified products includes:
• SHER-WOOD F3 Hi-Bild Precat Lacquer
• SHER-WOOD F3 Hi-Bild Precat Lacquer White
• SHER-WOOD F3 Hi-Bild Precat Lacquer Surfacer
• SHER-WOOD F3 Kemvar Varnish
• SHER-WOOD F3 Kemvar Sealer
• SHER-WOOD F3 Pigmented Kemvar Varnish
• SHER-WOOD F3 Kemvar Plus Surfacer
• SHER-WOOD 5421W Universal Primer
• Sayerlack White Hydroplus Topcoat
• Sayerlack Clear Hydroplus Topcoat.