Did The Oil/Wax Thing & Have a Question...

[CudBucket]

Last night I levelled the frets on my project guitar. When I was done, I sanded the neck, 600, 1200 and then oiled. The Birchwood Tru-Oil I have is in a spray can. Didn't realize this till yesterday. Is this normal? I wondered if it should be in a liquid form.

I sprayed it on and waited 5 minutes, then wiped off. It was still pretty tacky at that point. About two hours later, it was almost dry. Tonight, I'm going to rub it down with 0000 steel wool and then wax it.

It looks great though.

Dave

 

[fsmith]

Dave,
I've always used the small bottles, and use my finger to apply the oil. I doubt that it makes any difference other than the fact that it might be harder to control the overspray from the aerosol type. I don't want any oil getting on my fretboard. I usually do 2 or 3 applications of the oil with light sanding between coats before the wax.

I don't know for sure that the oil penetrates much more after the first application, I just like to make sure that it gets sealed as much as possible.

Great job by the way, I was checking out the site last week, that guitar is going to be something to be proud of for sure.

fred

 

[CudBucket]

Thanks fred. Using the spray is no biggie except I hate wasting it due to overspray. It is fast though. I'm going put on another coat or two though. It really does make the neck look great.

 

[koogie2k]

Any more updated pics of the guitar Cud? I'd like to see them...

 

[OrangeChannel]

Dave,

I prefer the bottled version as well, the application doesn't take too long and you can really get a nice thick coat on....I applied like 3 coats of wax or so annd buffed...Koogs got a load of all my machines...he can attest to how well it works...Love that stuff!

 

[blackspy]

Sort of on topic, but has anyone ever done this to a new neck that's just raw, no oil yet. I just purchased a neck like this, and was planning to do it. I assume though, that as a first application I need to do it differently. Advice, tips, warnings are welcome. You can PM too, if it's too off topic here.

 

[CudBucket]

blackspy, my project guitar neck was raw. I built it from scratch.

I'll have pics up tonight.

 

[blackspy]

Cool, please post details on how you apply the Oil/Wax for the first time too... Like I said, I'm assuming it's different than just reapplying it to a previously oiled/waxed neck.

 

[CudBucket]

blackspy, all I've done so far is sand 220, 320, 400, 600 and 1200. Sprayed the oil on, waited 5 minutes and wiped off with a clean cheese cloth. That was yesterday. Tonight, I'll rub it with 0000 steel wool and spray more oil. Wait 24 hours and buff with the steel wool again. If I like it then, I'll wax. Otherwise, I'll do one more coat of oil.

Dave

 

[OrangeChannel]

Dave,

Got any new pix of that badboy?

Late

JZ

 

[CudBucket]

OC, did my fret level and dressing yesterday along with the oiling of the neck. I'll have pics tonight. The clear gets started this weekend. That's all I have left.

 

[OrangeChannel]

Nice....I have some JP mmod pix that i'll be needing ot take soon...hehe...let's say they have something to do with the last post I made about Pickups....but let's also sya that this is something completely different.

 

[tommyindelaware]

oil can only be used on raw or previously oiled wood. the whole idea of oil is to seal exposed or raw wood.......
ya dont wax til you are completely sealed.
if yer reoiling.....ya gotta sand off the previous exisiting wax so the oil can penatrate properly.......i use 400 then 600 then 800 grit....
it's the same process....raw or reoiling......

Sort of on topic, but has anyone ever done this to a new neck that's just raw, no oil yet. I just purchased a neck like this, and was planning to do it. I assume though, that as a first application I need to do it differently. Advice, tips, warnings are welcome. You can PM too, if it's too off topic here.