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05-20-2008, 09:41 PM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto ON | |  I just oiled my fingerboard. It's pretty.
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I went ahead and did a bit of fingerboard rejuvination with some of this fancy oil, purchased from Lee Valley Tools. It was my first time trying this: 
After doing a bit of research I discovered that not all finishing products are the same, the quality varies by a lot. This stuff is top shelf, all natural tung oil, food grade. I used a very simple and old application technique; I applied it with my bare fingers and rubbed it in (then wiped off the excess later on). It took me about 20 minutes.
These pics don't really show it off that well, but it's quite an improvement from the dull dried out look it had before:    
I was afraid at first that the grain would come out too dark but it actually magnified everything and made it beautiful 
...and it smells really nutty and yummy too.
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05-21-2008, 04:18 AM
| | | | New oil makes a neck shine again. Take care of your basses people and they will love you back by looking nice! |
05-21-2008, 04:26 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Northampton Mass | | | Oiling a rosewood board is important do it every couple of years.The Board will shrink if you don't.
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05-21-2008, 04:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Seattle, WA | | | That really makes the grain pop! Beautiful! Lee Valley is a great site. I buy a lot of my gardening stuff there too.
I'm going to pick some that up for my boards. I've been out of my old stuff for a while now. |
05-21-2008, 04:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Niagara Falls, NY | | | I've used lemon oil on rosewood as well. You can pick it up at the grocery store. It does a fine job. |
05-21-2008, 04:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gent | |  fingerboard
That looks really nice!
I need some advice on cleaning my fingerboard. What is the best way to get rid of the dirt near the frets, without hurting the wood?
Thx,
Fruce
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05-21-2008, 07:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gastonia, NC | | Clean the fret dirt, as well as the entire board, with lemon oil or similar product with a toothbrush. Works great on many other cleaning tasks too. Tight areas, like between the saddles, use Q-tips and/or pipe cleaners. 
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05-21-2008, 07:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | According to Cliff bordwell, a dry FB will botch your action / relief as the wood contracts. I use either lemon oil for occas. treatment and Casey's Tru-birch if I wanna go all-out.
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05-21-2008, 07:48 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Joshua Tree, California | | | Since this thread is already going, what about the care of Maple boards? Is it different or the same? |
05-21-2008, 08:17 AM
| | Guest | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto ON | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dannster  That really makes the grain pop! Beautiful! Lee Valley is a great site. I buy a lot of my gardening stuff there too.
I'm going to pick some that up for my boards. I've been out of my old stuff for a while now. | I always love going there, plus they hand out those great catalogs 
They have quite a selection of stuff there, plus, I think it's the only place in town that you could go to if you needed some tools to carve a wooden duck. 
...not that I condone that sort of thing
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05-21-2008, 08:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ostinato I always love going there, plus they hand out those great catalogs
They have quite a selection of stuff there, plus, I think it's the only place in town that you could go to if you needed some tools to carve a wooden duck.
...not that I condone that sort of thing | What?....the carving or the ducks?
The only place I can readily find the Tru-Birch is Bass Pro Shoppes.
Riis
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05-21-2008, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gent | | Thx for the advice guys! Quote:
Originally Posted by tanslacks Since this thread is already going, what about the care of Maple boards? Is it different or the same? | As for I know, you can only use oil on a rosewood fingerboard (because it doesn't have a finish). Maple necks are usually lacquered. Normal guitar cleaner will work perfectly. |
05-21-2008, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Zooberwerx What?....the carving or the ducks?
The only place I can readily find the Tru-Birch is Bass Pro Shoppes.
Riis | Just what is up with Birchwood Casey? I can't find their stuff anywhere around here 
I still need to do the back of my neck (it's a StingRay) and I'm just thinking of going back to Lee Valley to get something else 
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05-21-2008, 08:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ostinato Just what is up with Birchwood Casey? I can't find their stuff anywhere around here
I still need to do the back of my neck and I'm just thinking of going back to Lee Valley to get some linseed and beeswax instead | Any well-stocked gun / ammo shop should carry the stuff. It is, in fact, gunstock oil containing tung oil, linseed oil, and Lord knows what else. If anybody needs some, I can snag it but its illegal to mail / ship as the concoction is flammable. Shipping across the border would definitely be a no-no.
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05-21-2008, 11:43 AM
| | | | Lee Valley is a great store. I get my dye stains for wood there and they have some nice tools too. The problem is I can't seem to get out of the store for less than $100. |
05-21-2008, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boca Raton, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ostinato Just what is up with Birchwood Casey? I can't find their stuff anywhere around here
I still need to do the back of my neck (it's a StingRay) and I'm just thinking of going back to Lee Valley to get something else | Try Walmart.
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