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Dry Fingerboard Help

sricks3

sricks3

Dec 6, 2007
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Augusta, GA
#1
I just finished a defret of an old Peavey Milestone II. The whole process went great, no serious chipping, successful re-radiusing, fingerboard's smooth. I oiled the fingerboard rather than using epoxy or something, because I'm planning on always using flats on this bass. Everything seemed great.

Then today (put strings on it yesterday), I opened the case, and the fingerboard was bone dry :eek:. I'm wondering if I managed to put too much oil on the fb, and now it's repelling all moisture. Has this happened to anyone before? I try to do things in moderation, but this is the first time I've defretted a bass, so maybe I put on more than I thought. I was using plain old, furniture-grade lemon oil, applied with an old cotton undershirt.

Anyone know how to go about fixing this or what I did wrong? :help:

Thanks guys!
 
#2
use linseed, tung, Danish or any other vegetable oil rather than lemon oil!!! lemon oil is used as a cleaner and refreshes old pieces of wood that have been oiled!!! if you sand it down to a clean dry wood lemon oil is just going to evaporate and leave you bone dry!!! use olive or sunflower oil if you don't have any thing else... you need some fat in that oil so it stays in the wood and cures!!!
 
#4
Fret Doctor: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

I use and love the stuff. I'm a little OCD; sometimes I oil the board if it looks even a little bit dry when I change strings. Too much, too little, hasn't shown any negative rammifications so far!
 

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