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If you use Linseed oil, you can use any left over for your cricket bat.
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Sorry, that's another option
That's a trick shown to me by Tyler Durden.
Not all lemon oils are the same though, different blends out there.
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.
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."
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.
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