Lemon Oil

Superpang · #1 02-04-2007, 10:24 AM

I noticed that my grocery stocks don't seem to have this in stock or have i been looking in the wrong aisle? I saw something called Lemon Extract, but it had alcohol in it

. So I was wondering where I could find it in Canada.
O yea I was looking in the "cooking oil" aisle while trying to find it. Saw grapeseed oil but not lemon. Thanks

ulrich · #2 02-04-2007, 10:32 AM

Try the hardware store, next to the furniture polish.

jsbass · #3 02-04-2007, 10:46 AM

Make sure its 100% lemon oil, don't need any gunk in your fretboard. I just used the dunlop 65 lemon oil stuff.

pin_head_47 · #4 02-04-2007, 10:48 AM

I use Formby's Lemon Oil Treatment. Got mines at Lowe's or Menards I think, but any good store should have something like it.

BurningSkies · #5 02-04-2007, 11:45 AM

I've had a hard time coming by a quality lemon oil that wasn't just high % petroleum products or with silicon.

The_Hat_Guy · #6 02-04-2007, 12:27 PM

If you can get it, Old English furniture oil is the best stuff in the world! You have to find the red stuff though, and i cannot find it anywhere anymore...the luthier i apprenticed under fir a while swears by the stuff, as did the luthier he apprenticed under, and after using many different products, I can see why. It just gives the fretboard this clean, smooth feel that leaves no gunk, and gives a nice, deep oiling that lasts much longer than any of the other stuff I have used.

pin_head_47 · #7 02-04-2007, 01:10 PM

On more thing I forgot to mention; Scott's Liquid Gold furniture polish works ok, and is supposed to have lemon oil in it. Pretty cheap too, if you can't find anything else.

1kinal · #8 02-04-2007, 01:23 PM

I use Kyser Lem-Oil by Dr.Stringfellow. I got it at a music store in Montreal.

Since about a year I've seen lemon oil showing up in many music stores around here. You may have a good chance to find some near where you live.

Dunlop makes one that I'm seeing in most of the stores now. It's a yellow bottle (or is the bottle clear and the product yellow?) and is generally placed near the Dunlop #65 guitar polish.

Scottgun · #9 02-04-2007, 01:25 PM

Mineral oil should do just fine. Baby oil is available anywhere and is mineral oil and won't contain any dreck you don't want.

Scott

Superpang · #10 02-04-2007, 07:14 PM

How much (price) is 16oz? I might just get if off ebay, ebay is at 4.99 + shipping so its going to be around 10 bucks to canada hopefully.

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Originally Posted by The_Hat_Guy

If you can get it, Old English furniture oil is the best stuff in the world! You have to find the red stuff though, and i cannot find it anywhere anymore...the luthier i apprenticed under fir a while swears by the stuff, as did the luthier he apprenticed under, and after using many different products, I can see why. It just gives the fretboard this clean, smooth feel that leaves no gunk, and gives a nice, deep oiling that lasts much longer than any of the other stuff I have used.

The_Hat_Guy · #11 02-04-2007, 10:31 PM

gah, I just looked at all the listings, and they don't have the red stuff. For some reason, it is waay better, making it worth your while. I wouldnt go ebay for anything other than the red, you can probably pick up the lemon stuff at your local grocer.

EDIT: WAIT! I found it! http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com...78.html?ref=42 but holy crap, they want a lot of money for that shizz...oh wait, just saw that it is for a lot of 6...not too bad...

PilbaraBass · #12 02-04-2007, 10:50 PM

dunlop 65 lemon oil is what I use.

Dr. Stringfellow's stuff is good, too.

a little bottle lasts like a decade

Superpang · #13 02-05-2007, 09:48 AM

So do i get lemon oil or almond oil?

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Originally Posted by The_Hat_Guy

gah, I just looked at all the listings, and they don't have the red stuff. For some reason, it is waay better, making it worth your while. I wouldnt go ebay for anything other than the red, you can probably pick up the lemon stuff at your local grocer.

EDIT: WAIT! I found it! http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com...78.html?ref=42 but holy crap, they want a lot of money for that shizz...oh wait, just saw that it is for a lot of 6...not too bad...

The_Hat_Guy · #14 02-05-2007, 09:49 AM

you wanna get the almond oil, way better, the lemon will work, but If it were me, I'd just go for the good stuff...

EADG mx · #15 02-05-2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Superpang

I noticed that my grocery stocks don't seem to have this in stock or have i been looking in the wrong aisle? I saw something called Lemon Extract, but it had alcohol in it

. So I was wondering where I could find it in Canada.
O yea I was looking in the "cooking oil" aisle while trying to find it. Saw grapeseed oil but not lemon. Thanks

Have you considered trying.. a music store?

PilbaraBass · #16 02-05-2007, 06:10 PM

why not olive oil?

or even avocado oil?

just smash an avocado all over your fretboard!

HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!

62bass · #17 02-05-2007, 07:38 PM

This topic was beaten to death a while back, but I guess it's due for another round.

Almost all the "lemon oil" products used for cleaning and polishing furniture are mostly mineral oil with a bit of citrus scent and yellow dye in it.

Johnsons Baby Oil is the same thing without the yellow dye but a different scent. You can get that in grocery stores and drug stores easily. Don't use it if you play in biker bars.

These musical instrument cleaners and polishes aren't exotic preperations and they have no magical qualities.

If I need to clean a fingerboard I use naptha or paint thinner (not paint remover---paint thinner) It's a great solvent and gets the gunk off easily. Then use a bit of mineral oil (you can find it easily in drug stores like Shoppers) to retore the look of the board.

Don't worry about buying any fancy products that promise to "nourish the wood". They won't do it because the wood is dead. It has been for years. Nothing will bring it back to life.

The stuff in music stores is a waste of money in my opinion, when you can do the same thing with pennies worth of basic products.

Don't believe all the advertising hype.

Groundloop · #18 02-05-2007, 07:46 PM

Just to throw a wrench in the works, on my rosewood and ebony boards, I use Warwick bass wax. It lasts so much longer than any of the oil products I've tried, especially on fretless boards.

62bass · #19 02-06-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Groundloop

Just to throw a wrench in the works, on my rosewood and ebony boards, I use Warwick bass wax. It lasts so much longer than any of the oil products I've tried, especially on fretless boards.

Of course. It's wax. the oils are absorbed by the wood and evaporate fairly fast. The wax sits on the surface more.

rkejeepin · #20 02-06-2007, 11:42 AM

I bought some Dunlop 65 a week ago. I asked the guy at the counter if it was ok to use on maple (the stuff was behind the counter). He said yes. I took his word for it, but it states on the bottle to not use on maple boards.

What is ok for maple?