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Permalink Reply by David McQueen on November 27, 2012 at 9:41am

I have been using straight mineral oil on the fret boards. I use about 3 coats, letting it sink in and wiping down between coats.  It does not appear to be leaving a residue and give a nice colour.

On the necks and boxes I have tried polyurethane both full strength and half and half with mineral spirits. It gives the neck a nice finish.  I have not been that happy on the boxes. The necks are oak where the boxes I have been getting are a 1/8" poplar ply on top and bottom and a pine side.  The pine finishes well, but the top and bottom require multiple coats and sandings. It is a tough finish, but not a finish that can be buffed up. So you have to get it right when applying. The thinned out version with a foam brush was the easiest.

The last builds I did before the weather got cold, I tried out Krylon Gloss Acrylic spray.  It is a really nice neck finish. The advantage me me was it worked down to 10 degrees C. You need to have good ventilation for that though. It puts out a lot of volatiles. One nice thing about it is you can just keep putting coats on with no sanding between if you wan tto build up a finish.

I am hoping to try some brush lacquer. I am hoping for a surface that can be buffed without the spraying.

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