Tru-oil Application

[mjmeehan]

It even feels like it has lacquered, pretty neat. I'll post another pic once I get a chance to get a few layers on it.

Mike, the marbles would probably work as long as you don't mind fishing them out when the bottle it's empty. I did have a lot of "gunk" build up on a bottle, but with the new one I took someone else's advice. I poked a toothpick sized hole in the foil and store the bottle upside down in a cup. We'll see how that works. (I'm not willing to give up my favorite "aggies" to the tru oil!)

[mike789166]

What would be good is a bottle which has a movable bottom like a syringe. I'm glad you still have your marbles, I lost mine a long time ago.

[kencierp]

There are "argon" injectors available to help preserve paints in opened cans etc. I have no idea what they cost??

[darren]

speaking of cost... at about 7 bucks a bottle, doing 2-3 necks a year, I'll just get a new bottle for each neck. No reason to deal with the gunk in a bottle that's been opened even a few weeks. just my .02, of course.

[kencierp]

and here it is:

http://www.garrettwade.com/bloxygen-fin ... /19S05.01/

[mike789166]

It is quite expensive to get it here in Spain with shipping costs etc so I would like to make it last a bit longer.

[mjmeehan]

Well, here it is. This is the piece that was sanded to 12,000 grit. I've applied about a dozen thin tru-oil applications. The initial one really brought out the grain and the "flame" in the wood... after that all I was really doing was filling the grain.
I think with a proper pore fill this will make for a relatively easy finishing process (Now I did it! Jinx!!).

[Tony_in_NYC]

That sure is something. I wonder how spruce will take the 12,000 grit?

[Ken Hundley]

Should take it quite nicely, especially if it's had the grain raised properly. Have you used a sanding sealer on the spruce? The one problem with sanding it that fine is that the spruce loads up on the dust...need to blow or vaccum it off, I have found that tacking or using a damp cloth doesn't get all the the dust. Will smooth up nice with that high grit.

[deadedith]

I've got some pics of my red oak guitar in that finishing thread - "1/4 SAWN RED OAK" - I used tru-oil and very happy with it. I'm letting it cure for a week before levelling/polishing.
DaveB