commidaddy Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 I purchased an older model Teisco Del Ray. I originally bought it because I was stupid and thought it would be a cool guitar to smash on stage(how silly of me to want to destroy a perfectly good guitar lol). I spent 10 dollars on the guitar from a friend of mine who had no need for it. I ended up stripping off the paint, because it had a really bad paint job. I don't have any wood finish, but I was told a long time ago that to seal the wood you CAN use vegetable oil. Is that correct? It was a shop teacher that told me. And also, will this vegetable oil give it a finished look? I really like just the wood grain on this guitar. Anyway, would you suggest I go and purchase wood finish or sealer or a stain? I've had this guitar for about 4 or 5 years and finally decided to do something with it. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 i would reccomend tung oil for that.i have never heard of using vegetable oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethmetal Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Would you need to use a deep fryer for vegetable oil application? J/K I agree I have used tung oil on several instruments and the results are stunning. I sand the instrument through various grades of san paper ending on 320 or 400 grit.....maybe 600 if I'm bored. Then I apply the tungoil. let it cure for a day....sometimes half a day if I'm excited(probably should wait a day though). Then I buff it out with 000 grade steel wool and finish with 0000 grade steel wool. A few times I have reaplied and steel wooled it again and that helped to get a little smoother finish. I have done some necks for friends and their oiled hands dirtied up the neck. I simply rebuffed with 000 and 0000 steel wool for a refresher. That's just my experience, but Highly Recomended. -Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commidaddy Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Alright I'll try that. The veggie oil actually gave it a nice shine--surprisingly lol;) But you can also sort of feel the oil when you rub your hand across the wood(man that sounds perverted..jk). Where would I get Tung Oil? From a hardware store? Also, the guitar was originally a sunburst finish, so i sanded it down to the wood except for on the edges. I sanded the top of the body and the bottom of the body all the way down, and then around the edge i left it all black and it has a black pickguard so I thought that had a neat look. The black, however, needs touched up so would just a little black touch up paint stand out on it? Or would it be best to sand it all off and paint the black on again? (By the edges, I mean if you're holding the guitar in "playing position", it would be the top and go all the way around the guitar). And also, I hand sanded the wood starting with some really rough paper and ending on 600, and i sanded it with the 600 for a looooooong time, but there are still a few scratches that you can see when the light glares on it, so do you think I just didn't sand it enough? And there is also a spot on the back where I think i sanded too vigorously or something and it caused what looks like a burn mark, so would I just need to sand that out or would the finish cover that up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commidaddy Posted February 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Sethmetal, Yes, I like my guitars extra crispy...doesn't everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 wal mart and home depot have tung oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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