Rosewood board conditioning

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My two Carvin tung-oil finishs get the Old English lemon oil treatments from head to toe about once a year,...... body. neck, and ebony board. (they are kept at near ideal conditions year round and usually cased)
I know ebony doesn't have to be oiled, but it looks better IMO.

With rosewood it makes even more difference cosmetically, so i really try harder to not miss the yearly treatment.
Many years ago I got the Dunlop 01/02 box with the tiny bottles. I use the 02 oil on most of my small collection, except for the carvins.
I still have half a bottle of the cleaner (only used on a few used guitar purchases), and 1/3 bottle of the 02 oil. That's after almost a decade!
 
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80's_Metal said:
I use that Kysers Dr Stringfellows Lem-Oil stuff. Seems to work great!

Smells good!

I don't give a crap what's in it either!

Ha ha
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This does work well. I use it, too. The string cleaner is good stuff, too...it used to come with a fuzzy top to wipe directly on the strings, but now you spray it on a rag and wipe it on the strings.
 
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kramer.geetar said:
How good is the Jim Dunlop Ultimate Lemon Oil?
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It is good, too. A bottle will last a lifetime. I have one that I use. It smells good, but can get your hands and other parts of the guitar feeling greasy (it IS oil, though probably no lemons involved).
 
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I'm using Dunlop Lemon oil on my rosewood electrics. On my Martin D28 I'm not using anything as even the Martin care guide states that nothing except a dry cloth should be used.

Regarding the products for cleaning guitar, sometime in 1999 I paid (at the time for me) a hefty sum for a Fender Guitar Polish. One day my mom decided to clean my room and I walked in and the whole room smelled like my expensive Guitar Polish. I went to her all angry "explaining" that it was my thing for cleaning guitars before she pointed me to a bottle of $1.5 spray for cleaning the furniture called Legno Pulito. I've been using it ever since on my poly guitars, while the nitro ones I clean with Meguiar.
 
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znanjeiimanje said:
I'm using Dunlop Lemon oil on my rosewood electrics. On my Martin D28 I'm not using anything as even the Martin care guide states that nothing except a dry cloth should be used.

Regarding the products for cleaning guitar, sometime in 1999 I paid (at the time for me) a hefty sum for a Fender Guitar Polish. One day my mom decided to clean my room and I walked in and the whole room smelled like my expensive Guitar Polish. I went to her all angry "explaining" that it was my thing for cleaning guitars before she pointed me to a bottle of $1.5 spray for cleaning the furniture called Legno Pulito. I've been using it ever since on my poly guitars, while the nitro ones I clean with Meguiar.
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If you wash your hands beforehand, apparently you shouldn’t need an oil for the rosewood if it’s good quality and your hands will add oil to it natural.
I’m not sure if this is true, but the info regarding your Martin is interesting. I do know PRS on their site they state about once a year if needed.
 
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Okay, what do we see so far?
Some people rely on chemical products based on petroleum (this includes some lemon scented products, too)
Some people rely on natural oils kept with perservatives from getting rancid after some weeks and thinned with water.
Some use Fret Doctor.
 
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Why don't you try rosewood oil? I got a bottle at GNC, the nutrition store, think it was like $5...
 
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Most rosewood oil (if it is actually rosewood oil) is super concentrated for scent, and might make your house smell like that for weeks. Hopefully, you like the way it smells.
 
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I dont think lemon juice and lemon oil are the same thing

I dont think rosewood oil is like lemon oil

But I do think rosewood oil is an essential oil like eucalyptus oil
And those are made to for aroma therapy
Not guitars
 
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Got these hand carved Rosewood Manchurian figurines in Hong Kong. The craftsmanship & detail are amazing.
 
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A very good local guitar tech and repair guy just told me today he uses Circa 1850 lemon oil and naphtha to clean the board if needed.
Circa 1850 apparently has no silicones or wax.
 
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kramer.geetar said:
A very good local guitar tech and repair guy just told me today he uses Circa 1850 lemon oil and naphtha to clean the board if needed.
Circa 1850 apparently has no silicones or wax.
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I use naptha to clean after fretwork or if the guitar/FB is super funky. Safe for nitro finishes too.
A dab will do ya with that stuff.
 
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