hey all , this is my first post here, was poking around and saw the Vaseline post,and had to join to give my own 2cents, started a new thread because other was a hundred long and thought this was important and wanted to make sure that people would see it.
first let me give a qualifier , i am a builder of custum furniture, not wall-mart stuff but really high end stuff , the kind that people with to much money buy to impress their friends, god bless 'em ,they've paid for my harley, house and guitars.
real important stuff at end
lets start with this , all the fancy oils , conditioners and crap that fender and others sell is just that , crap. all you need is plain old mineral oil, you can get it at home depot or your local hardware store , clear plastic bottle with green lable called WOOD PRESERVATIVE on lable , costs about $3.00, and will last 4ever if u use it right. theres other kinds but thats what i use,
MUST BE FOR WOOD!! other kinds are too thick . just wet a q-tip ,put it on let i sink in, if it sucks right in put it on again , once its taken all it can hold , maybe once a year after, unless your in the desert . you don't have to dump it on like Ive seen the pro's at guitar center do.
as for Vaseline, all your doing is packing the pores of the wood, its way to thick to be absorbed, and by blocking up the pore the wood cant breath and an unfinished piece of wood needs to do so , so put that stuff away.
now this is the important thing, do not use any oil made of , or containing anything organic, like peanut oil , even lemon or orange oil, on an unfinished piece of wood, organic materials have a tendency to rot .( i know, wood is organic but its not quite the same and this post is already to long) it may never do so for u , but knowing it could should keep it off your $5000 les paul
don't know much but i know wood, not saying my ways the best way, but it is one of the right ways
first let me give a qualifier , i am a builder of custum furniture, not wall-mart stuff but really high end stuff , the kind that people with to much money buy to impress their friends, god bless 'em ,they've paid for my harley, house and guitars.
real important stuff at end
lets start with this , all the fancy oils , conditioners and crap that fender and others sell is just that , crap. all you need is plain old mineral oil, you can get it at home depot or your local hardware store , clear plastic bottle with green lable called WOOD PRESERVATIVE on lable , costs about $3.00, and will last 4ever if u use it right. theres other kinds but thats what i use,
MUST BE FOR WOOD!! other kinds are too thick . just wet a q-tip ,put it on let i sink in, if it sucks right in put it on again , once its taken all it can hold , maybe once a year after, unless your in the desert . you don't have to dump it on like Ive seen the pro's at guitar center do.
as for Vaseline, all your doing is packing the pores of the wood, its way to thick to be absorbed, and by blocking up the pore the wood cant breath and an unfinished piece of wood needs to do so , so put that stuff away.
now this is the important thing, do not use any oil made of , or containing anything organic, like peanut oil , even lemon or orange oil, on an unfinished piece of wood, organic materials have a tendency to rot .( i know, wood is organic but its not quite the same and this post is already to long) it may never do so for u , but knowing it could should keep it off your $5000 les paul
don't know much but i know wood, not saying my ways the best way, but it is one of the right ways
