Did a little neck protection

[musikarero]

I'm sure this has been done before so maybe someone can chim in and let me know if I need to follow up further. First of all.....if what I did voids any warranty I'm okay with that.....I'm not letting this guitar go... I applied a little Minwax Wipe-On Poly to the back of the neck only. I didn't apply too much. I used a t-shirt and dabbed a little and rubbed it in. Waited about 3 hrs and applied the same amount again. Next day about 12 to 13 hrs I check the neck. Felt pretty dry....enough for me to play it with only a spot or two that felt a little sticky. I took some very fine steel wool and lighty wiped the back of the neck. It then felt very smooth. Last step was to apply some Carnauba wax.

Reason for doing this?......I live in the deep south and humity is a b#@tch. When indoors A/C's are kicking and outside you get slammed with thick heat. Neck has not moved prior to doing the neck protection, but I wanted to apply something that would help prevent any problems over time. If anyone has done anything similar to what I did do I need to apply more or am I pretty much done? The neck feels just like it did before I started the process BTW!

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I just had the neck on my 16 year old Axis re sealed. The neck had only been done once before about 5 years ago and was feelings bit rough and sticky.

A local guy in Floyd did it for me, and added about 5 coats of gun stock oil, rubbing down between coats. It's given the neck more of a finished type feel, but to be honest I prefer that! Took a few days to totally dry and feels so smooth now!

 

[shred4Him]

I live in a very humid area as well. The potential to have a neck that is affected by the crazy humidity swings is in the back of my mind as well. Still haven't gotten the right offer for my Parker, so I have not had the chance to get my EBMM yet and see if there is a considerable affect.

The wipe-on poly seems like a good idea. Protective, yet you can put it on thin enough to keep it natural feeling. Did you use the satin finish?

 

[musikarero]

I used the semi gloss but I must have used very little. I really can only see a slight difference and the neck feels the same. I'm just looking to have "piece of mind" protection and not a complete change from the original feel. The process was extremely easy to do and I might do it again to be sure I got a nice even coat applied.

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

EBMM recommends gunstock oil AFAIK to treat the unfinished necks...

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Keep in mind that the necks are never "unfinished". They feel that way only. The gunstock oil is a finish. It's just one that can be applied very thinly. I'd recommend cleaning and then applying tru oil and wait 45 seconds and wipe it off. If you want more, do that again. It will build up but by doing it like that, you have total control. I refinished a SBMM AX40 with 3 full coats of tru oil, not wiping it off, but letting it dry, wet sanding between coats, totalling 3 coats. It's not quite as thick as my Axis finish, but it's only maybe 1 coat less. I really liked how that came out.....and how it took 6 months less to be happy with it than I was with my Sub.