Lemon oil on Ebony??

[aleclee]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

I use rosewood oil. It smells great and I figure it oughta be compatible with my rosewood fretboards.

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

Sorry, but I have to call BS here.... most popular lemon oils or "fretboard conditioners" such as Kyser's "Lem oil" or Stella-Harmony Lemon oil are almost pure lemongrass oil, which is chemically about as close to perfect as it gets for this application... I have no idea where this myth originally started (it´s been around for ages), probably from some douche putting Lemon Pledge on his guitar and trying to cover it up with a lie....

Oh well... maybe i should have used better phrasing.

Atleast the lemon oils i've tried, including D'Andrea, has just been mineral oil and scent\color. I actually didnt know that there excisted pure lemon\lemongrass oil... sorry and thanks for the information

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

This sounds so much like an advertisement. Are you sure you're not getting a kickback from every fretdoctor sold? =P

Well, don't tell anyone, but Boyle gives me a pack of free whale meat each week, in exchange for my services :chairfall

Seriously, i'm not trying to write an advertisement for Boyle's product, even though it looks like it. I'm just extremely impressed by the quality of the Fret Doctor, and i want to tip other people so that they, also, can properly maintain their instruments

 

[JeffB]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

Haven't neededf to oil up my new ebony board yet, but I've been using the Gibson fretboard conditioner for quite some time (bought it years ago). Anyone know what is is? Works great on rosewood. Def no lemon scent...I could see it being just mineral oil.

 

[FretFire]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

It definitely could if your conditioner is a solvent and your frets were glued into oversized slots. Why you're conditioning your fretboard with solvent I don't know, though.

I'm not sure if it will hurt it otherwise.

I've actually heard that the organic substances in some of these oils can build up in the pores of the wood and decay. Again, it was just something I've heard in the past and didn't know if there was any truth to it.

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

Could be. I've never experienced it myself, though.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

I wonder how well Jojoba oil would work. It is a vegetable oil that doesn't go rancid. I've just never heard of it being used on wood, but mostly in beauty products. I know it is more similar to a liquid wax, but I don't see the drawbacks of using it on wood unless it wouldn't penetrate deeply enough to moisturize the wood. Any thoughts?

Also is there any problems with using straight mineral or baby oil? I've done this for a little while with no perceived ill effects.

 

[vinterland]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

I wonder how well Jojoba oil would work. It is a vegetable oil that doesn't go rancid. I've just never heard of it being used on wood, but mostly in beauty products. I know it is more similar to a liquid wax, but I don't see the drawbacks of using it on wood unless it wouldn't penetrate deeply enough to moisturize the wood. Any thoughts?

Also is there any problems with using straight mineral or baby oil? I've done this for a little while with no perceived ill effects.

From what I know Jojoba oil is very similiar to the natural oil of human skin. Thats why you can pretty much use it in any kind of moisturizing beauty product, shampoo, or whatever.

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

Would it work for wood though? hmmm....

 

[vinterland]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

Would it work for wood though? hmmm....

I don't know if it would work well, but I wouldn't think it would harm it. Its very light stuff, not thick. I'm not going to be the first to try, I'll just stick to actual guitar conditioner.

 

[ex-250]

Re: Lemon oil on Ebony??

im not sure that ive ever oiled my ebony board until yesterday, and ive had it a year and a half. it was pretty damn dry, but no cracking. id heard from somebody that you shouldnt need to oil ebony, so i didnt. then i encountered this thread, so the next time i changed strings (yesterday) i oiled it up and it looks worlds better