How to finish a neck?

fretmeister

If I buy 'no-finish' neck how do I finish it? 
I don't have any spray kit.

Is just a good old rag and some tung oil possible for a rookie?

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Yamaha77

Tru Oil. Lightly applied back of neck and light smoothing with wire wool and build up more layers of tru-oil

Roland

Osmo does the same, but doesn’t colour the wood as much. Same process, wipe on with 0000 wire wool, and wipe off with a rag. Wire wool removes any nibs. The iron particles can also make the grain more visible.

daveyh

I like Danish oil and wax. It’s like slippery velvet

DrBob

Rubio Monocoat, I got turned onto it by listening to the Guitar Nerds Podcast with Matt from Fidelity he uses it on his guitars it’s a piece of piss to apply, you get two cans which you mix together in a 3 to 1 ratio. Wipe it on the neck with one of those latex gloves wait ten minutes or so, wipe off excess with glove, wait two days, buff with wire wool. Done.
Granted it is pricey I think that even the tester set I bought was something like £40 but there’s enough to do
at least 20 necks 

Winny_Pooh

Tru oil (darker) or Danish oil then wax.

Both give a matte type finish (although you can add 50-60% thinners to tru oil, coat lightly with no wipe off to build shiny layers and then buff later.)

Mahogany will want grain filler, with maple none and a first coat with wire wool should do to add some slurry in the pores. Thereafter wipe on thin and wipe off shortly after and hang up. If you get dull looking areas then wirewool them lightly before next coat, otherwise no need to sand between coats, a rough rag for application will do. 

fretmeister

Good info thank you.

I've been trawling ebay for things thinking about a partsocaster.

Henrytwang

I’ve always used Tru Oil which is very easy to apply with good results,but some of the suggestions here look interesting and I’m tempted to try one or two on future builds.

thermionic

Surely a can or two of nitro from Manchester Guitar Tech is worth considering? 

prowla

Whack it with a sledgehammer - that should finish it good and proper!