Tru-oil build up at masking areas?

[Goober]

I am building my first Warmoth Strat (of my dreams). I am going to Tru-Oil the maple neck, the Pau Ferro fretboard will be masked with 3m Scotchblue Painter's Tape Advanced Delicate Surface.

My question is: Will I get Tru-Oil build up at the edge of the tape and if so should I remove the tape between coats and to aid in any build while I am wire wooling? I Also worry if the mask is not perfect I will get Tru-Oil seeping into the edge of the Pau Ferro making it scrappy looking on the fretboard side.

I don't intend to use any dyes or any other form of sealer just the true oil. As far as I can tell for trawling through the many great threads this is more than enough.

Martin


hmmm finding it difficult to source that particular tape in the U.K.. Then again I sourced my guitar parts from Warmoth as I could not find quite what I wanted in the UK. Seems the U.S. is the place to be

 

[KKorina]

I just finished (well, in the last couple months) a Warmoth maple Les Paul neck with a Pau Ferro fingerboard.
Didn't use any tape, as I also finished the side of the fingerboard with Tru-Oil. It looks fantastic. No lines and is perfectly smooth.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

A tru-oil finish is pretty even due to thinness of the oil, but the occasional steel wooling between coats and after the final coat should alleviate any build up. 

 

[bagman67]

I did a neck in tru-oil and masked the fingerboard.  In retrospect I wish I had not - the oil got under the masking right at the frets via capillary action and I could not tell, so now there's the very slightest bit of tru-oil on the fingerboard on about six frets.

 

[Goober]

Thank you all for your replies.

My plan was not to just mask the front of the fretboard, but the sides as well which should avoid the Capillary action seepage. I am concerned I would get a build up of cured oil between the neck back and where it was masked.

Interesting that a neck was T^ru oiled with no mask on the Pau Ferro, and the Tru-Oil only was only used on the side of the fretboard. Would not have considered that as I would have thought gravity and thin oil combined might have slightly ruined the fretboard face epically where frets are in a few places.

Martin

 

[Reso66]

I am at the same point with my build, about to Tru-Oil a Warmoth Jazz neck, Maple with Rosewood fingerboard.
I have quite a few guitars  and all the necks that have rosewood fingerboards have finish on the side. I was going to mask the top of the fingerboard but now I am worried about Capillary action seepage.

 

[Steve_Karl]

Steel Wool is a poor alternative to scotch brite pads.

Here's the grit per color chart:
http://www.sightsea.com/renders/scotch-brite_grit.pdf

Amazon.com usually has them.

 

[Wyliee]

I actually had some buildup on the fingerboard on the last neck I finished.  I'm pretty sure this is a result of storing the neck on its face while the finish was curing.  Note to self not to do that again.

Thankfully I can clean it off the fingerboard as I roll the frets and edge of the fingerboard.