I traded a TB member for a walnut/wenge Cirrus last year, which has a natural (ie, no gloss) finish. It looks like it could use some polishing, so my question is what, exactly, should I be using to get that lovely chocolate top in proper form? While I am at it, I'd like to do the neck and fretboard, as well. I used gun oil on the rosewood board of my Ibanez as a kid. Good idea? Or? Thanks.
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Question: caring for the finish on my Cirrus
- Thread starter Anthbass
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Tung oil. You can get it at a home improvement store. Gun oil sounds like a bad idea, mainly because it's for guns and not wood.
Remember oiling your top (if you choose to) then should be written on your calendar.
Tung oil will gloss it. ...
I buy a penetrating oil from gun stores - - oil it down.. let it soak in.. let it sit for a few days (outside of the case) while it's drying off.
Tim
Tung oil will gloss it. ...
I buy a penetrating oil from gun stores - - oil it down.. let it soak in.. let it sit for a few days (outside of the case) while it's drying off.
Tim
Also remember that once you begin oiling your bass, you have to be SUPER careful to keep solvents away --- it will eat through your oil patina..... silicones will cloud it.
There's also a bottle of gutiar oil called "doctor (somethings)" it's a white bottle with a spray top.. about $6 each..
I buy mine at a snob vintage place.
They were pining away about how it's the only oil they would put on a 50s strat or les paul.
I"m sure it's just Lemon Oil.
I buy mine at a snob vintage place.
They were pining away about how it's the only oil they would put on a 50s strat or les paul.
I"m sure it's just Lemon Oil.
Use a very fine grit sandpaper, then apply a form of oil. Gun oil smells bad and offers ok protection. Tung oil smells good and lasts a long time, but gives the wood a slight shine and a yellow tint. Lemon oil smells great and has no color, but I've found it doesn't last as long as tung oil.
I use tung oil, but only because it seems to be more durable than the other two. Less (frequent applications) is more, to me.
I use tung oil, but only because it seems to be more durable than the other two. Less (frequent applications) is more, to me.
