[jamezy]

What oil should i use to oil my fretboard, and where can i get it from, im guessing that cooking oil isnt good nuff lol.

Thanks

[epearson]

Lemon Oil, I use Old English

[Pavezer]

I've heard that lemon oil and it's acids actually dries the wood in the long run.

Boiled linseed oil is good. It has to be boiled oil because other linseed oils are pain to handle: they don't dry. Linseed oil protects the wood really well and makes a protective coating.
Don't use it too much though, or it'll never dry...

I don't personally want that strong coating on my fretboards and I prefer to use teak oil which is ment for teak furniture. Easy to handle, dries fast, cheap enough, easy to find and works well. There are rosewood oils too, but it's more expensive and harder to find.

You can find teak oil from bigger markets which have household cleaning liquids and other basic stuff. Or furniture shops or similiar.

Or you can go to your local music shop and ask the "guitar fretboard oil". Dirt expensive option. Basically same stuff, but in a different bottle.

Lale

(edit: goddamn bad english day...)

This post has been edited by Pavezer: 12 November 2004 - 06:03 AM

[improviduto]

I've heard that lemon oil and it's acids actually dries the wood in the long run.

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only if you're using a really strong, furniture grade polish. guitar-specific lemon oil like Kyser's Dr. Stringfellow Lem Oil is very mild, as it is far less concentrated so it doesn't cause neck damage.