Too Much Tru-Oil

[MonetBass]

Here's a guitar body I finished with Tru Oil. Like @Gilmourisgod said, THIN coats are the way to go. This has 8-9 coats on it. I waited 24 hours for each coat to dry then sanded with progressively finer sandpaper (starting with 220 and ending up with 2000) between coats. After the final coat dried for a few days, I hit it with 0000 steel wool then polished with automotive polish. It's very hard and not sticky at all.

EDIT: The neck has 4 coats of Tru Oil on it, but I didn't polish it, so it has a satin finish.

 

[ghiggin1079]

I made this exact mess, maybe moreso bc I used 00 wool and mineral spirits and it left wool lint. So I got a little more aggressive and used a a scotch Brite and got it to a smoothish point and finished it with a new 00 steel wool and it's like nothing happened.

Edit forgot that I hit it with the auto buffer with some Mcguires I think it was ultra fine

 

[Brian Patterson]

It doesn't seem that Maple doesn't absorb an oil or other treatment like Rosewood and those wood types.

Beside being sealed when new with a polyurethane or other nonporous finish, you can only clean Maple well until it needs refinishing.

Rosewood and similar woods absorb a finish and can have more added when needed without refinishing, which is why I prefer it over Maple.

I love Odie's Butter and Oil treatment - very high quality wood finishes that can be reapplied as needed. Dries in an hour and buffs to a fine sheen.