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Exitao -> Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 8 2008 0:01:45)

I've seen products for conditioning fingerboards so someone must think this is a good idea.

From what I can tell the ebony fingerboard on mine must be finished differently because it's not as glossy as any other part of the guitar.

What's the best thing to do?



Anders Eliasson -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 8 2008 3:01:25)

give it a bit of acid free oil, like lemon oil etc.

Your fingerboard should not be finished.



Exitao -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 8 2008 6:11:38)

I somehow knew you would be the person to answer. And I thank you for being you.

I had suspected that the fingerboard was unfinished but oiled. What treatment do you give fingerboards as a luthier?

I'm a little surprised to learn that lemon oil is acid free. I thought citrus fruit were acidic by nature. I know it stings like acid when I get lemon juice in a paper cut. [:@]

Does the oil come from peels or the tree itself?

Thanks again.



krichards -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 8 2008 23:30:57)

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I thought citrus fruit were acidic by nature


Citrus fruits certainly are acid but the oils may not be.
Anyway as Anders says, lemon oil does the job, as does orange oil, tangerine oil etc



Anders Eliasson -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 8 2008 23:46:51)

I personally use a chineese carmellia oil which I buy in Germany (I use it for FP as well) but you can use whatever acid free oil.



edguerin -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 9 2008 8:26:42)

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chineese carmellia oil

would that be "Teesamenöl" aka "Camelienöl"?
And where do you get it in Germany?



Anders Eliasson -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 9 2008 23:46:21)

Hi Ed

Its called Sinensis carmelia oil and I buy it at www.dick.biz

A fantastic place where I buy all my hand tools, wooden pegs etc. Its somewhere in Bayern



Anders Eliasson -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 9 2008 23:49:19)

Hehe, Its not my fault that the filter makes it impossible to write this word.

This very old High quality german family business has a very bad name. Exchange the **** with the english word for what men have between their legs. [:D]

www.dic*.biz [8|]



edguerin -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 10 2008 3:02:05)

Ah, I know them (the firm of course ..l.)[;)][;)][;)]



Per Hallgren -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 10 2008 9:59:30)

Hey , Anders, what is the special thing with that oil. You make me curious. To use mineral oil, olive oil, walnutoil when french polishing is a common practice. Are you danish polishing, or what? Seriously, I'm interested in what you have to say.



duende -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 10 2008 10:06:09)

he´s using "gameldansk" im shure[:D]



Anders Eliasson -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 11 2008 2:33:53)

Per, I use this oil because I like it and I have it in the house. I´m sure you can use a lot of other oils which are equally good. The oil is light and easyer to remove than olive oil which is the traditional oil for FPing.

Gammeldansk, I havent drunk one for years. I prefer Sill och snapps (+ Pripps blaa )



duende -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 11 2008 5:10:43)

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I prefer Sill och snapps (+ Pripps blaa )


me to, bu i prefer "sort guld" or "tuborg"



Estevan -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 12 2008 7:17:41)

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Does the oil come from peels or the tree itself?


'Lemon oil' used for wood has nothing to do with lemon fruit or trees. It's a petroleum distillate (a form of mineral oil) mixed with a solvent such as naptha.
[8|]



at_leo_87 -> RE: Care of Ebony Fingerboards (Oct. 12 2008 23:09:36)

what do you guys think of tung oil?



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