Tru Oil

Re: Tru Oil

How well does Tru-Oil work on a body that's been stained with a color, but not yet "finished"?
 
Re: Tru Oil

How well does Tru-Oil work on a body that's been stained with a color, but not yet "finished"?

I wonder what guitars you are referring to? You need to get those twins going man. ASAP.

And yeah tru oil will work. CTN sprayed his on with his latest project, last i saw it looked awesome.
 
Re: Tru Oil

Unless you do a LOT of work, better store it in a very cool dry place. Even the small, what, 3.5 0z. Birchwood casey bottles gum up on me once opened... of course I rarely use it, and do not store it properly .Wow- 32 OZ...thats a LOT of true oil for the money- heck, I pay like 6 or 7 bucks for the few ounces.
Better transfer to an airtight container or something ?
 
Re: Tru Oil

Unless you do a LOT of work, better store it in a very cool dry place. Even the small, what, 3.5 0z. Birchwood casey bottles gum up on me once opened... of course I rarely use it, and do not store it properly .Wow- 32 OZ...thats a LOT of true oil for the money- heck, I pay like 6 or 7 bucks for the few ounces.
Better transfer to an airtight container or something ?

That's why you take an awl/punch and put a small hole in the foil seal and store it upside down. My 32oz bottle is two years old, only reason I ordered another one is because it was so cheap. I've only used a little more than half of it and I've done at least half a dozen bodies with it, and I know I wasted a lot of it wiping it off. :D

Oh yeah, it was probably 100 degrees in my garage over the last two summers, and it's still fine.
 
Re: Tru Oil

Stain and tru-oil is fine. Of course like all stained finishes you have to make sure the stain is dry before continuing to the clear. Here is an archtop/semihollow type build I did with a LOT of truoil and stained amber/brown.
 

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