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Safety data sheets by product

Polyurethane SDS

Polyurethane (also searched as polyurethane finish, oil based polyurethane, water based polyurethane) has no single safety data sheet. Each maker writes its own, and Section 2 of the sheet you hold decides what it sets off under OSHA. The employer keeps it readily accessible each shift (29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)). 5 official sheets are linked below.

Links checked Oct 21, 2026.

Why does the polyurethane SDS change with the brand?

Oil-based and water-based polyurethanes have different sheets. Varathane's Ultimate Polyurethane Interior Clear Gloss 350 VOC lists a Category 3 flammable liquid, skin sensitization Category 1, carcinogenicity Category 2, reproductive toxicity Category 1B and repeated-exposure organ toxicity Category 1, with Danger. Varathane's Ultimate Waterbased Interior Polyurethane Gloss prints no signal word and no symbol, and lists spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked rags and steel wool under hazards not otherwise classified. Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane Clear Satin lists a Category 3 flammable liquid, skin sensitization Category 1, reproductive toxicity Category 1B and aspiration hazard Category 1.

The sheets below carry dates from Feb 6, 2026 to Sep 14, 2026.

Where are the official polyurethane sheets?

Official polyurethane sheets
Sheet and makerNumberDate on the sheetOpen
Varathane Ultimate Polyurethane Interior Clear Gloss 350 VOCRust-Oleum9032Feb 6, 2026Open SDS
Varathane Ultimate Waterbased Interior Polyurethane GlossRust-Oleum200031Sep 14, 2026Open SDS
Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane, Clear SatinThe Sherwin-Williams Company027426710603Aug 9, 2026Open SDS
Minwax Wipe-On Poly, Clear GlossThe Sherwin-Williams Company027426609006Aug 9, 2026Open SDS
General Finishes: SDS and technical data sheetsGeneral FinishesPick the product on the list, then its SDS.none printednot shownOpen SDS search

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What should I read first on my sheet?

Match the base, gloss and VOC figure in the product name to the can. The oil-based and water-based Varathane sheets we read reach different answers: the oil-based lists a Category 3 flammable liquid and a cancer class under Danger, and the water-based prints no signal word but names spontaneous combustion of oil-soaked rags and steel wool. Minwax's wipe-on and brush-on finishes are separate products with separate sheets.

What does your sheet set off under OSHA?

Paragraphs a polyurethane sheet can set off
If your sheet saysWhat followsParagraphs
Section 2 lists any classificationWritten program with chemical list, training, sheet access, labels.(29 CFR 1910.1200(c), (e)(1), (f)(6), (g)(8), (h)(1); 1926.59)
Section 2 lists a flammable liquidDispensing paragraph: Category 1 or 2, or Category 3 below 100 °F.(29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii); 1926.152(e)(2))
Section 8 calls for a respiratorRespiratory protection program.(29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2); 1926.103)
Section 8 lists an OSHA exposure limitThe 1910.1000 tables, and Table 1 of 1926.55 in construction.(29 CFR 1910.1000; 1926.55)
The product is a consumer productOutside the standard at no more than consumer exposure.(29 CFR 1910.1200(b)(6)(ix))

More for polyurethane

Finding the polyurethane sheet is the easy part

Keeping every sheet read, current and ready for an inspector is the work that never ends. HazComFast does it with your crew: the AI extracts each sheet, and every reading leaves a proof.

Extraction: the AI reads every sheet

Scanned, long or in Spanish, it reads

Drop in the polyurethane sheet, scanned or not, in English or Spanish. HazComFast reads every page, with progress shown page by page, so a 32-page sheet gets read to the last page.

Every section a foreman needs

Composition, spill response, storage, physical properties, stability and toxicology land on the product page with their source, so the sections a foreman actually needs aren't buried in a PDF.

The AI proposes, a person signs off

Each hazard shows where it came from: extracted from the sheet, or confirmed by a named person on a date. Confidence is measured against the text of the sheet, and below a floor every field is checked by hand before it saves.

A pictogram is never guessed

A pictogram only goes on your label if it's actually on the sheet or follows from its H-codes. H225 on the sheet means GHS02 and DANGER on the label, derived from OSHA's Appendix C.

Checked against 200 real sheets

Every change to the AI is checked against a reference set of 200 real SDSs before it ships. A field it isn't sure about is highlighted for you to check, and the inventory flags products whose extraction hasn't been validated yet.

Proof of reading, without the chasing

Nobody has to remember to ask

Add a hazardous product to a site and every worker there gets one notice with a 7-day due date. A reminder follows at day 3 and an escalation at day 7.

“I read it” can't be a reflex tap

The confirm button stays grey until the worker has scrolled through first aid or to the last page of the PDF and has spent 15 seconds there. The record keeps how long and how far.

A proof of reading the worker keeps

The worker ticks an attestation, and the record keeps which SDS version they read, the server time and the device. They can download their own PDF of it.

A new sheet means a new reading

When a manufacturer updates a sheet and the hazards change, everyone who confirmed the old one is asked to read the new one. Each confirmation keeps which version they read, for which jobsite.

Who read what, in one console

See who hasn't read what, nudge everyone overdue in one click, and export last month's confirmations for one jobsite, each with the SDS version they read.

The reading joins the training file

Each confirmed reading also lands in the worker's training file as a HazCom reading record, so your training records and your SDS records tell the same story.

From the sheet to the label

A label that can't go out empty

A label with five pictograms keeps all five, because the format switches. A label with no hazard information won't print. When the sheet changes, you get a relabeling task with its six-month deadline.

English and Spanish, side by side

Hazard and precautionary statements show in English and Spanish on every product page. A Spanish sheet that says PELIGRO is recorded as DANGER, and the original file stays attached as you received it.

Every print on record

Every print run is logged with exactly what went on the labels. When a hazard changes, the relabel task can only be closed by a print made after the change.

In the field, on the phone

Scan the drum

Scan the QR code on a drum and the page shows the maker and the CAS number under the title, so you know you hold the right one. A drum taken out of inventory still opens its SDS, marked as removed.

Search inside the sheet

Type “eye contact” and you land on first aid. Pinch to zoom on the small print.

Still there with no signal

Offline, the worker opens the sheet itself, with first aid and what to do in a spill. “Available offline” only shows when the PDF is on the phone.

When the inspector asks

The binder, in one click

One click gives you the jobsite's SDS binder, with polyurethane in it, as a ZIP with a CSV index, and a dated CSV or PDF of who confirmed reading what. That is what you hand an inspector or a GC.

No expired-sheet myth

HazComFast never tells you a sheet has expired, because OSHA doesn't set an expiration date. You choose your own review interval, and the app labels it as your internal policy.

The chemical list behind it

Bring your spreadsheet

Imported products get the same pictograms as ones entered by hand, and importing the same file twice doesn't duplicate anything.

Each product, at every site

Each product page shows every site it's stored at with quantities, and warns you if something incompatible is stored at the same site.

A program that stays true

The chemical list in your HazCom program is built from each jobsite's inventory. Remove a product and the program tells you the list is out of date, with a button to rebuild it.

Start with the free SDS Binder Kit. It works with nothing but a printer.

Free SDS Binder KitLog inHow HazComFast runs SDS management

Free to use as well: the chemical inventory template and the SDS QR code generator. The software side: the chemical inventory in HazComFast.

Questions about polyurethane

Which sheet do I use, the oil-based or the water-based?

The one for the can in your hand. The product name on the sheet includes the base, the gloss level and, for some brands, the VOC figure.

Does a wipe-on finish have a different sheet from a brush-on finish?

Yes. Minwax's Wipe-On Poly and its Fast-Drying Polyurethane are different products with separate sheets, and the wipe-on sheet linked here does not list skin sensitization.

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