Thread: Before I do the wrong thing...

Well I've gone to Wikipedia and orange oil is just ane essential citrus oil derived from, guess what, oranges. D. Limoni is the oil apparently. If you distill D limoni you get just plain old limoni which I suspect is what lemon oil is.

I've tried the orange oil on a piece of raw aussie cedar. It didn't seem to do anything bad to it so I reckon that it's pretty safe to use on the rosewood fretboard of my Dot.

Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by old_picker

Have heard lemon oil is acidic and not good for for fret boards.
Is that BS??

Interesting question, youd assume it would be a bit acidic but its recommended by alot of proffessional luthiers I know.

I don't put it on maple fingerboards .....just in case the acidic nature of lemon does strange things to the finish....
but rosewood and ebony boards i use it on.
lemoil is a good one...australian product made by
http://www.bme.com.au/

.....seems to work better than some of the other lemon oils

Orange oil is used by my geologist friend as a paint stripper and to clean up oil spills. I wouldn't let it near any instrument finish.

I use olive oil on my double bass fingerboard.

Nothing like putting paint stripper on your chopping board eh?

Actually, I put some on my fingerboard and bugger me, the neck melted. :eek:

Guess I won't do that again.

I use Snarling Dogs orange oil. Works well and as a bonus smells like Southern Comfort!

Originally Posted by contrebasse

Orange oil is used by my geologist friend as a paint stripper and to clean up oil spills. I wouldn't let it near any instrument finish.

I use olive oil on my double bass fingerboard.

If using olive oil make sure its 100% pure. I use the stuff for french polishing and if there are any additives in the stuff it can cause all sorts of problems.

Originally Posted by JupiterCreek

I use Snarling Dogs orange oil. Works well and as a bonus smells like Southern Comfort!

Hey there Rob,

Havent seen any posts from you for a while. You been busy in the workshop?

Cheers Martin

Hi Martin

I've been working on a few other projects for the past few weeks. My wife's been working with photolabs and post-processing both in her work and as something she does at home, her hours at work have recently been cut back so she's now setting up to do more work at home... some for her current employer and some independently... DebbieDoesDigitalInAdelaide.com is the website! It's all good.

The past week I've been helping Craig and Brian close up GuitarWorks in Gilles Street. It's the same old story... the landlord, the phone company and the insurance company do better out of it then he does, so Craig's going to do guitar tech work from home. I took a week's annual leave this week to help the guys tidy up and clear out the sale stock... kind of a sad occasion but I'm happy to be lending a hand to help a couple of good mates, and to me that's part of what the cameraderie of the music scene is all about. The wheels fell off that when I caught the flu midweek and I've been in bed since Thursday feeling sorry for myself!

The third leg of the treble is I've been helping Adelaide muso Nick Cawthorne (Bluegrass Junction, etc.) set up a website for his new venture offering vintage and collectable guitars, basses, amps, effects and Paige capos. The website will be up and running over the next few weeks. Look for some very nice guitar- on TwangCentral.com coming to a PC near you!

And now I'm about a month behind in filling orders for instruments... but it's all good mate! )

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

If using olive oil make sure its 100% pure. I use the stuff for french polishing and if there are any additives in the stuff it can cause all sorts of problems.

What sort of additives are found in olive oil? I just use what I put on salads. as far as i know its virgin pure ...

what sort of problems?

Originally Posted by contrebasse

What sort of additives are found in olive oil? I just use what I put on salads. as far as i know its virgin pure ...

what sort of problems?

Preservatives sometimes added....

Just check its pure virgin oil and check for additives..should be annotated on the label. Problems with additives.....some olive oils can leave behind a sticky residue.