Help me find this thread! (Lakland 55-94 neck care)

[chrisp2u]

OK, so at least a few weeks back I saw a thread around here discussing the proper care for a Lakland 55-94 neck. Now that I have a 55-94, I think that said thread is of more importance to me.

Problem being, that I can't seem to locate it anywhere. I've spent the last 2 hours searching and paging through 100's of pages here on TB and can't seem to locate it.

If anyone knows of the thread I'm talking about, or has the info I'm searching for, please let me know!

Oh yeah, I realize that this should be in the repair/setup forum, but I'm pretty sure I saw the thread in here, and I also figured more people will see my request here.

Thanks in advance,
c

[smperry]

Here are two threads from a few years ago, but I doubt it's changed, and Dan Lakin himself responded to someone:
Maintaining Lakland Maple Neck
Question on Lakland Satin Finish on Neck...

Marshall

[chrisp2u]

Hey Marshall,
Thanks for the links. Those seem to contain some of the info I had seen in the thread I'm searching for, but not wquite as detailed. The thread I saw had an email quote attached from Dan Lakin with more detailed instruction of the maintenance process.

I jusrt spent another hour hunting for it... no luck. I dunno, maybe I was halucinating.
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[Figjam]

It seems the first link smperry posted has an email quote from Dan in the first response.

[chrisp2u]

Originally Posted by Figjam

It seems the first link smperry posted has an email quote from Dan in the first response.

Yeah, saw that... this was a newer thread, with a longer, more detailed response if I remember correctly (again, unless I was halucinating). Maybe if my thread title was a better thought out I'd get better response (I just changed it)
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[chrisp2u]

OK, one last shot at this bump... then I guess I'll have to annoy Dan Lakin.
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[masmasbasso]

and please report back when you find what you are looking for beyond the scotch-brite pad suggestion.

[chrisp2u]

Here's the email I received from Kirk @ lakland...

We use the grey scotch-brite pads. They are comparable to #000 steel wool. 3M used to be the sole producer of scotch-brite but now several other companies manufacture it which makes it easier to find. Generically, it is called a nylon abrasive pad. We have used Klingspor, Norton and 3M. You should be able to find it at any hardware store that sells sandpaper. If you prefer searching online, one site at which I know it can be found is www.woodworker.com.

We generally use orange oil for cleaning the necks and fingerboards. It works well and is healthier to handle than most solvents. Do this before going at it with the scotch-brite. You may not need to go any further after the neck is cleaned with the orange oil. You really only need to use the scotch-brite to maintain the satin feel of the neck, so go easy. If you have a maple fingerboard, there isn't much else to do than to clean it periodically.

With the ebony and rosewood fingerboards, we treat them with Howard's feed-n-wax after cleaning. Follow the directions on the bottle and you should be fine. Hopefully you can find all of these things in one visit to the hardware store. They are not expensive or exotic and keep well. One bottle of each and a couple sheets of scotch-brite should probably last for years depending on how many instruments you own.

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[embellisher]

This would be a better service to everybody in Setup, which is probably where the original thread was anyway. Moved.

[chrisp2u]

Originally Posted by embellisher

This would be a better service to everybody in Setup, which is probably where the original thread was anyway. Moved.

Yeah, I know... explained it in the original post. I was going to request it to be moved, but wasn't sure about how to go a bout doing that.

Thanks,
c