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Author:  j.Brown [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:35 pm ]
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I'm using Tru Oil as a finish right now on one of the two guitars on my bench and its building up nicely. How long do I need to wait on Tru Oil before I work through the grits and get it up to a nice gloss?
-j.
Author:  Zach Ehley [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:44 pm ]
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I'll be using that as well and am curious too. Please post picks of the finish when done. [:Y:]
Author:  Ricardo [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:56 pm ]
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So many people rave about True Oil for necks. My experience is that it starts feeling pebbly after a while. Maybe its a reaction of my skin oils with it? I prefer water-based lacquer on the neck - no problems. I have finished the body of a uke with the product and its seems fine for that.
Author:  j.Brown [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:06 pm ]
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Ricardo wrote:
So many people rave about True Oil for necks. My experience is that it starts feeling pebbly after a while. Maybe its a reaction of my skin oils with it? I prefer water-based lacquer on the neck - no problems. I have finished the body of a uke with the product and its seems fine for that.

I like it very well as a satin neck finish and it seems to hold up great for me. I was hoping to get some answers on the gloss, though.
Author:  Ricardo [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:15 pm ]
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Jack, I don't think True Oil can be brought up to a high gloss, semi-gloss yes.
Author:  jhowell [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:39 pm ]
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The photo is a mahogany neck done in Tru-Oil. I waited about two weeks before going up through the Micro-Mesh grits. I do like it for necks.

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Author:  Doug-Guitar-Buckler [ Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:41 pm ]
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Jim that's a nice finish for true oil! I'm working on a dulcimer and will finish it with true oil bliss . I have seen some really nicely finished gunstocks done with tru-erl.
Author:  jsimpson [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:36 am ]
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I finished a guitar with it for a Christmas present last year...was under the gun to finish, and TruOil was the prefect answer. In my experience, I rubbed it right on with my bare fingers and wiped off ONLY the excess...but be warned, it sure gets tacky fast.

I applied two coats in one night for three nights...let it sit for two more, then leveled and applied one more coat. Hand buffed two days later with a very soft cloth. All in all, a very nice (and thin) finish.
Author:  SniderMike [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:28 am ]
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Oh, Jack! ;)
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:26 am ]
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I have no problem taking tru-oil to a high gloss sand through 2000 and micromesh through 12000 by hand and hit it with the buffer fine and extra fine. I usally let my neck set for 15-20 days before rubbing out. but that has more to do with my build schedule than cure time.
Author:  j.Brown [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:33 am ]
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MichaelP wrote:
I have no problem taking tru-oil to a high gloss sand through 2000 and micromesh through 12000 by hand and hit it with the buffer fine and extra fine. I usally let my neck set for 15-20 days before rubbing out. but that has more to do with my build schedule than cure time.

Excellent info. Thats kinda what I had in mind, but wanted to see if that was a method anyone else used.
Michael, would you mind sharing your application schedule/method? Or, if you've posted before, maybe just a link. I couldn't find it when searching the archive.
Thanks.
-j.
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:42 am ]
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Pore fill with Zpoxy via index finger. Allow to cure over night. Sand back to near wood. Do a 60%/40% alcohol/zpoxy wipe down allow to cure over night. light 0000 steel wool tooth the neck rag on tru-oil no more than 2 sessions a day. 6-8 sessions to build film. allow to cure out do any required leveling then rub out as I described above.
Author:  Dave Higham [ Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:26 am ]
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I've now heard a few people on this forum (and others) say that you can't get a gloss finish on Tru-oil and it's simply not true. However, the wood you're applying it to can affect the length of time it takes to harden and I expect the rosewoods will be the worst. My first experience was using it on padauk and I found that rubbing down with wire-wool the next day I was taking it all off again and I finished up with a sort of satin finish. That was OK because that's what I wanted.

But on the next instrument I put several coats on and then left it for about 2 weeks. When I tried rubbing it down with dry wet'n'dry paper it came off as white powder. This is what Birchwood-Casey says it should do. I then polished it by hand with Brasso (good old British metal polish, what the military used to use on their buttons and buckles) and it came up like a mirror. Literally, I could see my face in the reflection on the ebony heel cap.
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