Tru Oil thread #879645986786

[AprioriMark]

So, I'm going to give this a go on a maple/maple bass neck I just ordered, and i HAVE read through quite a few of the posts/links here.  What's not cleat to me is how this will age over time with Maple.  Am I going to wear through the finish over time and discolor the wood?  If so, can I apply more coats to begin with?  Would future re-applications help?

-Mark

 

[jackthehack]

I have too many guitars and don't play one often enough to wear down the finish, but Tru-Oil is a pretty hard finish (primarily used on gunstocks) and I would think it would take quite a while to wear through. It should be pretty easy to reapply if the finish starts to wear in the future.

 

[-CB-]

I'll respectfully disagree with Jack, adding that I've finished exactly one neck in Tru-Oil and wont touch the stuff on a neck ever again.  It did wear thru, very easily I'd say, on my Strat's neck.

I've used it on gunstocks... I'd say its quite good there, giving a low lustre finish that is more or less protective, not overly hard, but easily repaired was the key to its success - just rub some more in over scratches and minor abrasion.  The toughest stocks out there are the Remington, which had (maybe still have, dunno) a finish so hard you cant hardly scratch it, but it will shatter and spider web when hit upon something hard (ie, a rock on a stone fence).

 

[AprioriMark]

So =CB='s advice is, "don't do it?"  I'm rough on finishes as it is; my hands sweat when I play.  Me and the Boss destroy guitars.

-Mark

 

[mayfly]

I'll respectfully disagree with Jack, adding that I've finished exactly one neck in Tru-Oil and wont touch the stuff on a neck ever again.  It did wear thru, very easily I'd say, on my Strat's neck.

I've used it on gunstocks... I'd say its quite good there, giving a low lustre finish that is more or less protective, not overly hard, but easily repaired was the key to its success - just rub some more in over scratches and minor abrasion.   The toughest stocks out there are the Remington, which had (maybe still have, dunno) a finish so hard you cant hardly scratch it, but it will shatter and spider web when hit upon something hard (ie, a rock on a stone fence).

I heard from my dad (a long time trap and skeet shooter who had a shotgun collection that made a nice guitar collection look shabby) that the Remington stocks were Poly.

 

[-CB-]

Rem stocks are poly... or some DuPont variation thereof, since Remington was owned by DuPont at one time.

Mark, here's what ya do.  Go get a bottle of true oil, and some small scrap maple or other hard wood.  Sand it smooth and all... 220, even 320 grit.  Then put some on and see how ya like it.