SMellmo Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I want to have the feeling of bare wood on the neck of my next guitar. what should i use ? true oil, tung-oil, wax, etc...?!?! Obviously, I do not know the difference between these products. i need some info ! thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Tru-oil is nice but still just a bit sticky. I like the feel of Formby's Tung-oil blend. Nice and smooth and still gives decent protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalo1022 Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I use a mix of equal parts Tung-oil, Poly, and Napthaapplied with a series of synthetic steel wool pads. it takes a bit to build up but it protects well enough and plays beautifully. it can be buffed to a semi-gloss finnish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 i use a little different mixture than Nalo1022 but it's essentially the same end result. i use equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine and varnish. leaves a nice smooth, natural feeling and can be built up to the sheen you want by adding additional coats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMellmo Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 i use a little different mixture than Nalo1022 but it's essentially the same end result. i use equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine and varnish. leaves a nice smooth, natural feeling and can be built up to the sheen you want by adding additional coats. ← how do you apply this ?? spray gun of with a rag ?! what kind of varnish is compatible with this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 i use a little different mixture than Nalo1022 but it's essentially the same end result. i use equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine and varnish. leaves a nice smooth, natural feeling and can be built up to the sheen you want by adding additional coats. ← how do you apply this ?? spray gun of with a rag ?! what kind of varnish is compatible with this ? ← when i'm finishing the body i use a cheap bristle brush and flood the entire thing, let it soak in for a few minutes then wipe and let cure. on the neck i generally use an old t-shirt so that i can control it better. just wipe it on, let it soak in for 10 minutes or so and then wipe off the excess. let it cure a few hours after the first coat then apply and wipe again. then let the second coat and all subsequent coats dry over night. add coats until it looks and feels like you want it to. as for what kind of varnish..just your basic garden variety varnish. you can substiture polyeurathane if you like. i use boiled linseed oil and regular turpentine. you can use paint thinner if you like instead of turpentine but i like it because when you can't smell it any more your work is totally cured. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMellmo Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 i use a little different mixture than Nalo1022 but it's essentially the same end result. i use equal parts of linseed oil, turpentine and varnish. leaves a nice smooth, natural feeling and can be built up to the sheen you want by adding additional coats. ← how do you apply this ?? spray gun of with a rag ?! what kind of varnish is compatible with this ? ← when i'm finishing the body i use a cheap bristle brush and flood the entire thing, let it soak in for a few minutes then wipe and let cure. on the neck i generally use an old t-shirt so that i can control it better. just wipe it on, let it soak in for 10 minutes or so and then wipe off the excess. let it cure a few hours after the first coat then apply and wipe again. then let the second coat and all subsequent coats dry over night. add coats until it looks and feels like you want it to. as for what kind of varnish..just your basic garden variety varnish. you can substiture polyeurathane if you like. i use boiled linseed oil and regular turpentine. you can use paint thinner if you like instead of turpentine but i like it because when you can't smell it any more your work is totally cured. good luck. ← Would the turpentine or the thinner "attack" the plastic black dots inlay ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 probably not but i don't finish the front of the neck just the headstock, back and side of the fretboard. that's why i use a rag instead of a brush..control. on the fretboard itself i use plain old mineral oil.. but if you want to finish the front i doubt that there's enough of anything in the mixture to attack the fret dots..like anything else having to do with finish it's best to try a small area first and see what happens. take a q-tip and dab a little on one of the fret dots and wait a couple of minutes to wipe it off..if it doesn't disappear or blow up or start smokin' you're probably going to be all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemm012 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 And you use this mixture on the side of the fretboard where there are the small position dots, so if you don't have any trouble with those, I doubt you'd have any trouble with the front dots. Galen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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