note that I have never used tru-oil before, but have used wipe on poly, which should have a similar consistency and cure time. If you keep applying it, it will eventually seal off and start building up, but I don't know how many coats that will take, since it all depends on the condition of that spalt. You can spray a coat of shellac and then start building up the oil, that will prevent it from soaking up too deep into the soft wood. However, now that you have already applied several coats of tru-oil, I don't know how shellac would behave over that.
as for the fingerboard, you don't need to apply a finish over a cocobolo fingerboard. The wood is naturally oily and you don't need to 'mosturize' it with lemon oil or some of those other products out there.
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Originally Posted by stevetx19  all my projects thus far were finished with tru-oil, but my current bass has a spalted maple top(never used it before).
on some scrap of the top ive been testing the oil, but the maple just soaks it up and after numerous coats it doesn't look any better. is there a certain technique to finishing spalted maple with oil? or, should i use a different finish?
on a related note, i am also using cocobolo for the first time as my fingerboard. any notes on finishing that?
thanks guys,
steve |
