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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: fbloke on January 08, 2009, 08:26:20 PM

Title: Fretboard oil - no petroleum distillates
Post by: fbloke on January 08, 2009, 08:26:20 PM

Hello, can anyone recommend a good fretboard oil with no petroleum distillates that they use?

Many thanks.

Title: Re: Fretboard oil - no petroleum distillates
Post by: Fourth Feline on January 08, 2009, 09:18:35 PM

I like to use raw ( un- boiled ) linseed oil.

You are best buffing it back off within about 2-3 minutes, to get the best effect, without any residual stickiness. Great for darkening and adding lustre to rosewood, but I still use lemon oil ( presumably with some distillates ) to give a general clean up to and round the nut and frets e.t.c.  This lemon oil gets removed quickly - and is often applied with a cotton  bud stick anyway - so the raw linseed is the only oil that gets ( briefly ) left to penetrate before polishing.