Need advise from Chile about unfinished necks

[cridom]

I have a music-man jp6 model year 2004 and Ive read a lot here about maintaining and treating unfinished necks with tru-oil, linseed oil, tung oil, sanding , Murphy's oil etc... but my concern is this, I am from chile and we dont have most of the products to do this, so Ive come up with a list of things I can get and I need you guys which of these products will help me get my unfinished neck look back, because right now it looks darken and dirty. so here is the list:

-orange oil (contains mineral oils, orange oil, and silicone)
-minwax tung oil finish (varnish not pure tung oil)
-pure boiled linseed oil
-ernie ball wonder wipes (fretboard conditioning)
-warwicks beeswax
-lemon oil (kyser)
-sanding papers
-lighter fluid

I would really want it to look like when it was new but I know they use tru-oil from birchwood which is not available here nor can it be shipped so im stuck with the above, keep in mind this guitar hasn't been given any care to the unfinished neck.

pd: If you guys could give me a tutorial on how to do it, it would be awesome and sorry if I missed spelled something but English isn't my first language

 

[phatduckk]

i keep it simple....

i rub down the neck with very fine (0000) steel wool.
after that i apply wonder wipes fretboard conditioner on the back of the neck
let it sit a little bit
wipe with towel
done

 

[cridom]

thanks for the advise! will the wonder wipes condition the neck? Should I clean before the sanding with orange oil and after the wonderwipes wax with bees wax?
thanks

 

[phatduckk]

thanks for the advise! will the wonder wipes condition the neck? Should I clean before the sanding with orange oil and after the wonderwipes wax with bees wax?
thanks

i dont know exactly what you should do... i don't use orange oil etc at all. just a simple "sanding" w/ the steel wool then the wonder wipes.

its worked fine for me for a few years.

u might want to contact international support to see what they recommend

 

[bluesberry jam]

To clean the back of the neck and fretboard: use a high-grade of lemon oil (Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes Fretboard Conditioner works for this).

To maintain & seal the neck: apply a Very infrequent dose of gunstock oil and wax. We recommend Birchwood-Casey, but any good quality gunstock oil and wax will work.

 

[ScoobySteve]

I love my unfinished feel to. But I'm trying to wear in my neck and give it that nice warm vintage look. I don't sand or use steel wool bt I do clean the neck and fretboard with wonder wipes. They work great! I wax/sand the neck only every 14 months. I know it sounds crazy but it's getting my neck to feel like a worn in '57 strat. Amazing! I love EBMM necks! Good luck. Also get the wonder wipes. Works great and ultra convenient!

 

[cridom]

thanks a bunch! you guys rock!!!!!! so could I use linseed oil instead of gunstock oil right? thanks again

scoobysteve I play Starcraft 2 too ! love that game! hehe maybe ill see ya around!

thanks again guys you are very fast and great advise!

 

[straycat113]

You would not condition the neck with anything first before using the wool as that would be working in reverse. I guess whoever had the guitar before you did not keep up with the maintenance and the neck is dirty. Just do like Phatduck advised and the steel wool will clean it up and then you can use wonder wipes to maintain and keep it clean.

 

[cridom]

thanks after getting and thinking about your advise I did this:

cleaned neck with lighter fluid then lemon oil , then sanded with 500grid to 800grid very light sanding, after this I used linseed oil very little of it and took out the excess after 10 min and then wax with very little wax (bess wax)
it turned out fantastic!!!

thanks a lot to all