stefanhotrod
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Do I need to remove Warmoth‘s sealer (400 grit???) before applying Truoil on my roasted maple neck?
Thanks for help!
Thanks for help!
Warmoth sealer
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Cagey
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No, and I don't think you can anyway. My understanding is it's a penetrating sealer. Besides, I know you can't tell it's there, so I don't know how you'd know if you removed it. I've worked on countless Warmoth necks over the years, and if no one had ever mentioned that they put a sealer on it, I'd have never known. For all I know, it's a myth :laughing7:
Not sure why you'd want to put true-oil on a roasted Maple neck anyway. It's as pointless as painting stainless steel. If you wanna make it nicer than it already is, which true-oil is going to do the opposite of, you should burnish it.
Not sure why you'd want to put true-oil on a roasted Maple neck anyway. It's as pointless as painting stainless steel. If you wanna make it nicer than it already is, which true-oil is going to do the opposite of, you should burnish it.
stefanhotrod
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Thanks. I love the semimatte finish you can achieve with well (thin) applied Truoil. But I‘m unsure if I‘m goin to oil the neck...but anyway I need something for the headstock since I‘d like to place my decal on it (1st intention was also Truoil). Nitro on the warmoth sealer is no prob? But a light sanding is necessary, right?
Cagey
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Nitro on the sealer is definitely not a problem. In fact, I'm burying a decal in nitro on roasted Maple headstock right now. First, I burnished the whole neck. Then I mask everything off but the face of the headstock, put a couple/few coats of nitro on so you can sand it back to a nice, smooth surface for your decal, then a mist coat to seal the decal, then several coats to build some thickness, then start level sanding back over the decal and recoating repeatedly until the edges of the decal disappear, then a couple more coats for good measure, then level sand/buff/polish. Works great. Uses about a half a rattle can of Reranch.
stefanhotrod
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AirCap said:
Yes, the wood feels smooth as silk. So „cleaning“ the roasted wood with a bit of Naphta is enough before applying any finish (Truoil, Lacquer, whatever)?
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I think the only reason to put Tru Oil on a roasted maple neck is to either darken it a bit or if you know through experience that you leave a lot of undesirable DNA on your fingerboards and necks and want to keep things a little cleaner over the millennia. I personally love the color of Warmoth's roasted maple as is. USACG makes great necks but I always thought their roasted maple was a bit lighter color and I would consider Tru Oil just to make the grain pop a bit more with theirs.
