Linseed oil?

robgilmo

I'm reading into this too much arnt I.

Sassafras

robgilmo said:

I'm reading into this too much arnt I.

That's our speciality here.

jpfamps

If you use Linseed oil, you can use any left over for your cricket bat.

OilCityPickups

jpfamps said:

If you use Linseed oil, you can use any left over for your cricket bat.

I've always used raw linseed oil ... love the smell too

timmysoft

TheGuitarWeasel said:

jpfamps said:

If you use Linseed oil, you can use any left over for your cricket bat.

I've always used raw linseed oil ... love the smell too

i do love oiling up my bat before a right good session. 

Lebarque

I'm a big fan of Fret Doctor. Supposedly more natural and nourishes the wood better than other oils.

Limehouse_Blues

Linseed oil stinks. It will make your board smell rancid. Lemon oil or fret doctor for me.

JookyChap

@Limehouse_Blues said:

Linseed oil stinks. It will make your board smell rancid. Lemon oil or fret doctor for me.

Ah, you can't beat the smell of chippy fingers

meltedbuzzbox

I use gerlitz fretboard cleaner.

Sorry, that's another option

Sassafras

I only use fat from my local liposuction clinic.
That's a trick shown to me by Tyler Durden.

Corvus

I use linseed for sealing in dye but otherwise lemon oil. It doesn't form a film.
Not all lemon oils are the same though, different blends out there.

Lebarque

Granted, he's trying to sell his own product, but here's some interesting info from the Fret Doctor website regarding Linseed oil and lemon oil:

1. Linseed oil is more like a varnish than an oil. Because it forms a continuous film, it seals the surface of the wood like a varnish, but oils of plant origin may later slowly penetrate down to the wood. It can take years. It comes in many forms. The stuff from a hardware or art store is a paint variety, boiled or raw. Both of them stink. If you insist on Linseed oil, get the food grade from a health food store. This grade doesn't smell so bad. After multiple applications, nothing can penetrate it. Bear in mind that, if a board is treated with Linseed oil, it will eventually turn black. Linseed oil oxidizes over time, turning black in the process. That is why so many Rosewood boards of the 50s and 60s no longer look like Rosewood.  If you use Linseed oil, take any rags or brushes that are used and dispose of them outdoors. When left in a pile this stuff can spontaneously burst into flame. You then lose both your ax and your home. Squeeze the bottle and screw the cap on tight, minimizing any air space in the container.

4. Mineral oil merely coats the surface, giving it a bright sheen, but does not penetrate the wood. This oil prevents absorption by a plant oil after the fact. This includes most bore oils, but not all. Read the label. Most so-called fretboard treatments and bore oils are no more than inexpensive mineral oil with a scent added, like lemon.

Zodiac51

Collings recommend boiled linseed oil for their rosewood fretboards, guess they know what they are talking about.

http://www.collingsguitars.com/care/ ;

"Fingerboards can occasionally dry out, but require only a very small amount of boiled linseed oil (thoroughly buffed) to restore. Less is always best."

WezV

I danish oil on rosewood, its a "boiled" oil.  I have even used tru-oil

as always, but rarely talked about, it comes down to method as much as type of oil. If I coated a fretboard in a boiled oil and left it to dry, it would form an unpleasant film on the surface.  

A small amount gets rubbed in and buffed straight off to ensure it's only the oil that soaks into the wood than remains. Seems like Collings agree with me.


i also use lemon oil (pure essential oil, not scented mineral oil) as a cleaner, but that is all it does.

koneguitarist

Cooking oil works, clean cooking oil not used

IvisonGuitars

I believe Fret Doctor is nothing more that Bore Oil which is used to protect woodwind instruments.