The best Parquet varnishes, compared.
Top pick: Bona Mega Evo extra matt 1 litre Best value: Sadolin floor varnish satin 2.5 litres – About £18 a litre at score 80, with a named interior wood floor and the largest review sample, after the top pick is excluded. Updated October 2026.
Parquet varnish is a clear film for a solid or engineered wood block floor. Trade sheets call the same tin a lacquer. DIY labels say floor varnish or floor sealer. You want a product that names floors or parquet, states a coverage, names a sheen, and can be used in a lived-in house. A mop-on polish and a coloured varnish for doors are different products, and they are not in this table. Six amazon.co.uk listings were read on 21 October 2026. Prices are the saved shelf figures and they move. Nothing here was coated, slip-tested or sanded. The top pick is Bona Mega matt, 1 litre, at £30.42, score 84. The best value is Sadolin satin, 2.5 litres, at £44.99, score 80. System, sheen and litres, before any tin, are in the [parquet varnish buying guide](/hub/paints-and-varnishes/parquet-varnish/sub/parquet-varnish-buying-guide). A 1 litre tin is a small room or a repair. A 12 square metre hall at 10 square metres per litre and three coats is about 3.6 litres before waste. Underfloor heating is named on only one listing in this set. A missing line means the file does not say it.
Parquet varnish is a clear film for a solid or engineered wood block floor. Trade sheets call the same tin a lacquer. DIY labels say floor varnish or floor sealer.
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Must the listing name underfloor heating?
Bona Mega Evo extra matt is a 1 litre tin at £33.99. It scores 55. Bullets claim non-yellowing, no primer, and resistance to wear, scratches and chemicals. Those lines are claims on this ASIN, not a test of adhesion or wear. Recommended uses list wood furniture, floors and cabinets, so it is broader than a parquet-only lacquer. Coverage is given as 200 to 300 square feet per litre, not in square metres. The rating is 4.7 from four reviews and the saved listing contains no review sentences, so that average does not outrank Mega matt or Sadolin. Underfloor heating is not stated. The material field is empty. Four stars with no text are not a verdict.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A trial litre of extra matt where you accept a four-review file and a no-primer bullet that has not been tested here.
Less suitable: Anyone who would rank it above Mega matt or Sadolin on the star average alone.
Specifications
Common questions
Does the listing say you need a primer?
A bullet says no need for primer. That line is on this ASIN only. It is not a test of adhesion.
What coverage is printed?
200 to 300 square feet per litre. The file does not also print a square-metre figure.
Are there written reviews?
The star line is 4.7 from 4 reviews. The saved file has no review text, so praise and complaints are unknown.
Sadolin Polyurethane Floor Varnish satin is the domestic 2.5 litre tin in this set, priced at £44.99, which is about £18 a litre. It scores 80 and takes the best-value badge once the top pick is set aside. The listing limits it to interior wood floors and excludes laminate, with coverage stated as up to 15 m² per litre. The 4.6 average comes from 418 reviews, but a large part of the written sample is doors, skirtings and furniture rather than parquet. Floor reviews that do appear praise a clear satin. Repeated niggles are a lid that will not reseal and one leaked pack. Underfloor heating is not stated on this file. A unit-count field says 750 ml while the title says 2.5 litres, so check the tin. The sheet VOC figures are not copied onto the other ASINs.
Pros
Cons
Best for: An interior wood floor where you want a domestic satin tin and you will check the can is actually 2.5 litres.
Less suitable: Laminate, or a heated parquet floor where the listing itself must name underfloor heating.
Specifications
Common questions
Can it go on laminate?
The bullet says it is for interior wood floors and not suitable for laminate. The stairs, primer and waterproof questions on the page have no answer in the saved file.
Is the pack 750 ml or 2.5 litres?
The title and the liquid-volume field say 2.5 litres. A unit-count field says 750 ml. Treat that clash as a catalogue error and check the tin.
Why do reviews mention a white liquid?
Several reviewers say it looks white in the tin and dries clear. That is what they report. It is not a measured drying test.
Bona Mega matt in a 1 litre pack is the clearest floor lacquer in this set that also has a usable amazon.co.uk review sample. It scores 84, the highest stored figure, so it is the top pick. The listing states 8 to 10 square metres per litre and a bullet says it is highly recommended for underfloor heating. The average is 4.6 from 74 reviews. Written reviews mostly describe easy application, a mild matt and low smell, plus one leak in transit and a failed attempt to fill wide gaps with sawdust. The recommended-use line also lists furniture and cladding, so it is not a floor-only label. At £30.42 it is a small-room tin, not a whole-flat can. No primer line is printed on this ASIN, and that claim should not be copied from Mega Evo. No film in this set was coated for this comparison.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A small hall or a repair where you want a matt floor lacquer that names coverage and underfloor heating.
Less suitable: A whole flat that needs several litres a coat, or a job that needs a primer line printed on this ASIN.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this listing mention underfloor heating?
Yes. A bullet says it is highly recommended for underfloor heating. The saved file does not give a surface-temperature limit.
How far does a litre go?
The listing says 8 to 10 m² per litre depending on porosity. That is the seller figure, not a measured result.
Does the file say you need a primer?
No primer line is printed on this ASIN. Do not copy the no-primer claim from Mega Evo onto this tin.
Rustins Polyurethane Floor Sealer satin is the 1 litre, UK-made tin at £17.96, with parquet named in the bullets and a 4.3 average from 145 reviews. It scores 68. It is the lowest shelf price and the small-job pack, and it does not take the best-value badge because of the tacky-drying and satin-too-glossy reports. Some reviews praise application on wood and cork. Several say the film stayed tacky well into the next day or dried much glossier than satin. No underfloor-heating line and no numeric coverage appear in the spec fields. One reviewer quoted about 14 m² per litre from the tin and said cork used far more. The laminate question on the page is unanswered in the saved file.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A small interior wood or cork job where a cheap UK-made satin sealer is enough and you can wait out a slow dry.
Less suitable: A hallway you need to walk the next morning, or a matt sheen you have to match exactly.
Specifications
Common questions
Does the listing name parquet?
Yes. A bullet says hardwood, softwood and parquet. Laminate is only asked as a question, with no answer in the file.
What do reviewers say about drying?
Several UK reviews say the floor stayed tacky for about 15 to 24 hours, longer than they expected from the tin. Others were happy with the build on wood or cork.
Is a coverage number printed in the spec line?
No. The spec line does not give a square-metre figure. One reviewer quoted about 14 m² per litre from the tin and said cork used far more.
This is the 5 litre Bona Mega can at £119.94, about £24 a litre, with parquet and wooden floors in the recommended use and a bullet that says there is no limited pot time. It scores 62. The title says silk matt and the finish field says matte, so the sheen is not clean in the file. An allergy line names 5-decyne-4,7-diol, 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl, and says a safety data sheet is available on request. The average is 4.0 from 21 reviews, and the saved text is thin: short praise, plus one account of scratches after nine months. Coverage and underfloor heating are not on this ASIN’s file, so a heated floor still points at the 1 litre Mega matt listing, which does name heating. Confirm the sheen on the tin before you open a 5 litre can.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A larger wooden floor where you want a 5 litre Mega can and you will confirm the sheen on the tin before you open it.
Less suitable: A heated floor that needs the heating sentence on this listing, or a buyer who treats 21 reviews as a wear trial.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the sheen silk matt or matte?
The title says silk matt. The finish field says matte. The saved file does not resolve that clash.
Does the listing warn about allergy?
Yes. It says the product contains 5-decyne-4,7-diol, 2,4,7,9-tetramethyl, may cause allergic reactions, and that a safety data sheet is available on request.
What do the written reviews say about wear?
One floor restorer said it scratched and looked tatty after nine months. Other saved comments are short praise. Only four review bodies are in the file.
Bona Traffic GO is listed as a 2K parquet lacquer in semi-matt, with a 5 litre title, polyurethane material and a price of £206.64, about £41 a litre. It scores 48, the lowest in this set, because the saved amazon.co.uk file has no star line and almost no listing detail. A single bullet repeats the name. There is no coverage, no primer line and no underfloor-heating line. The file does not print a mix ratio. Weight is 5 kg while the unit count says 1,000 g, and the part number on the file is WT400613012. It stays in the set because the product type is a parquet lacquer. It cannot be ranked on reviews that are not there. The maker sheet, not this file, is where a heavy-wear user would confirm pot life and cure.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A heavy-wear parquet job where you already know Traffic GO from the maker’s sheet and you will check the can size before you pay £206.64.
Less suitable: A first floor varnish chosen from reviews, because this file has none.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this a 2K parquet lacquer?
The title and the item type say Bona Traffic GO 2K parquet varnish, semi-matt, 5 litres. The file does not print a mix ratio.
Is there a star rating?
No customer-review line is in the saved file. The comparison score is 48 from the listing type and the pack, not from stars.
Which pack size should you trust?
The title says 5 litres and the weight is 5 kg. The unit-count field says 1,000 g. Check the can before you buy for a measured floor.
Six amazon.co.uk parquet varnish listings were scored from the stored files on 21 October 2026, not in a lab. The stored scores are 84, 80, 68, 62, 55 and 48. Floor fit and the review sample carry that judgement. Price per litre is not a wear score. It decides the best-value badge after the scores, with the top pick excluded. The weights below present those checks as shares of 100.
Floor fit
40%Points sit higher when the listing names an interior wood floor or parquet, a sheen, a pack size, and either a coverage figure or a clear floor-lacquer type. A furniture-and-cladding uses line, a laminate exclusion, and a missing coverage cell all change that fit.
Review sample
35%A larger written amazon.co.uk sample scores higher than a star average on a handful of reviews. Door and skirting texts are marked down inside that sample. Four reviews with no sentences do not outrank a smaller average that has text. No star line cannot take review points.
Deductions
25%Thin files, a sheen clash, a missing heating line where the comparison cares about it, and an empty review body come off. Tacky-drying and satin-too-glossy reports are a deduction. No support-ticket file exists, and price per litre is not one of these points.
Start with the floor, not the star line. The tin should name interior wood or parquet, state a sheen and a coverage, and match the pack to the room. Price per litre comes after that. None of these six listings was lab-tested.
Parquet varnish is a clear film finish for a solid or engineered wood block floor. On a trade sheet the same product is often a lacquer. On a DIY tin it may say floor varnish or floor sealer. A useful tin names interior wood floors or parquet, states a coverage, names a sheen, and is a water-borne or two-pack system you can apply in a lived-in house. A mop-on polymer polish and a coloured interior varnish for doors were taken out of this set.
A mop-on polymer polish and a coloured varnish for doors were removed from this set. Sadolin’s floor-varnish listing says it is not suitable for laminate. Coating laminate, or varnishing over wax, is a different job from these six tins.
Sheet times are a guide, not a result measured here. Sadolin says seven days before rugs and heavy furniture. Bona Mega says cover after about 7 days. Traffic GO says cover after at least 3 days. A thick coat in a cold room stretches those times.
Sadolin’s 418 reviews are the largest sample, and many texts are doors, skirtings and furniture. Mega Evo’s 4.7 from four reviews has no written comments in the file. Satin is not a shared scale: Rustins buyers reported a satin sealer drying like gloss.
The tin should name an interior wood floor, parquet, or a wood-floor lacquer. Laminate is out. Sadolin’s listing says not suitable for laminate. A recommended-use line that also lists furniture, windows, roofs or cladding is a wider label, and Mega matt carries that line even though it is the top pick. Mega Evo lists floors, furniture and cabinets. Traffic GO is titled as a parquet lacquer, which is a clear floor type, but the saved file has almost no other detail.
A larger written sample from amazon.co.uk counts for more than a star average on a handful of reviews. Sadolin is 4.6 from 418 reviews and is still marked down inside that sample because many captured texts are doors, skirtings and furniture. Floor reviews that do appear praise a clear satin. Mega matt is 4.6 from 74 reviews, closer to floor use, with notes on easy application, a mild matt and low smell, plus a leak and a failed gap-fill. That sample is why it leads the set.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You are coating a small hall or a repair, and the listing itself must name underfloor heating. Bona Mega matt, 1 litre, is the top pick at £30.42. It scores 84, states 8 to 10 square metres per litre, and is 4.6 from 74 reviews. It is not a whole-flat can.
You want a 2.5 litre satin for an interior wood floor, and laminate is already ruled out. Sadolin floor varnish satin is the best value at £44.99, about £18 a litre, score 80. Many of the 418 reviews are doors and skirtings, and underfloor heating is not on this file.
You want the lowest tin price for a small wood or cork job, and you can wait if the film stays tacky overnight. Rustins floor sealer satin is £17.96 for 1 litre, made in the United Kingdom, with parquet named on the listing. It scores 68 after tacky-drying and satin-too-glossy reports.
The top pick is Bona Mega matt, 1 litre, at £30.42. It scores 84, states 8 to 10 square metres per litre, names underfloor heating, and has 4.6 from 74 reviews. The best value is Sadolin satin, 2.5 litres, at £44.99, about £18 a litre, score 80, with the largest review sample and a listing that excludes laminate. Rustins is cheaper per tin and scores 68 after tacky-drying reports. Traffic GO is the only 2K parquet lacquer kept here, and it has no star line in the saved file. This was not a lab test.
Sadolin floor varnish satin 2.5 litres
About £18 a litre at score 80, with a named interior wood floor and the largest review sample, after the top pick is excluded.
Editorial
Peter F. is the editor for DIY & tools at productscompared.co.uk. Comparisons in this category are checked against amazon.co.uk listings, review evidence and public UK sources.
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