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| Author: | radsboy [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Tru-Oil info please |
I did a search on tru-oil and didn't come up with anything, I may not be doing it right. Will someone please post some basic info as to what it is, how it is applied, etc? Or a link to such information. Thanks very much, David |
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| Author: | Dave Higham [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Yes, I tried a search and got no results either. Is there something wrong with the search facility? |
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| Author: | Darrin D Oilar [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Do a search for TruOil or truoil, it'll come up. The hyphen messes it up. I don't know the particulars on what it is, but it is very easy to apply. Get some on a paper towel and wipe it on as though you are trying to wipe it off. Build a lot of coats. Buff lightly in between coats. You can polish it out after a significant number of coats. Your surface really needs to be as close to perfection as you can get, as it's veryyyy thin. Darrin |
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| Author: | Zach Ehley [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/TruOil.htm |
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| Author: | radsboy [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Darrin: Still no go on the search. But your comments were helpful! Thanks. Anyone else care to comment, especially anyone who has finished guitars with it? David |
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| Author: | radsboy [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Ah! Thanks Zach, that does help a lot. Good tutorial. I'd still be pleased to read anyone's opinion/experience with the stuff. D. |
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| Author: | Darrin D Oilar [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
search.php?keywords=truoil&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search Dont know if this will work or not. Darrin |
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| Author: | Dave Higham [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
I'd follow the LMI instructions more or less but don't bother with the Tru-Oil sealer and substitute Z-Poxy for the LMI micro-bead pore filler. |
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| Author: | R W Goodman [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Dave White has a good post about using tru-oil on luthiercom.org. Warren. |
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| Author: | jhowell [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
David-- Tru Oil is a gun stock finish from Birchwood Casey and I personally like it for necks. I pore fill, stain and seal with shellac and then apply a couple of coats of Tru Oil per day with my fingers. I take the nubbins off every couple of coats with 0000 steel wool soaked in naphtha. I usually end up putting 12 to 16 total coats on and then polish it up with Micro-Mesh. It cures out pretty hard in a few weeks. It makes a fast finish that isn't sticky with sweaty hands. There are some threads on it around, but I don't have them bookmarked. --Jim |
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| Author: | askins [ Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
I used it on my first. I had no finishing experience to speak of prior to that. Tru Oil seems fairly forgiving but, it does go on fairly thin and is easy to sand through. Your surface must be smooth before you start applying it. |
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| Author: | MRS [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
I have heard of this. This is a gun stock finish. Does anyone use this on bodies or is just primary necks. |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Plenty of folks use it on bodies too. Buffs up nicely, after curing. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
The brand name “TruOil” (as spelled and capitalized) may be trademarked by Birchwood Casey but the term and recipes for tru-oil have been around long before Birchwood Casey was formed. It is a short oil varnish. one manufactures recipe may vary from an other. Formby’s make three different versions a semi gloss, a satin and a high gloss. Each with slightly different additives to give the desired sheen attributes. Most woodworking finish tru oils are high gloss buy natural. But can be worked to your desired sheen I just goggled "tru oil resipe" and got 900,000 hits. I know for a fact on this site alone there is well over 100 topics in the archive on tru-oil and how to apply it. Many of us, my self included have used tru oil on uncountable number of necks. the info "is" out there. It is not hiding! And by the way tru oil is my standard neck finish, at least until my experiments with CA yield its info. Simple to apply hard as you need when cured. nice feel |
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| Author: | Link Van Cleave [ Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tru-Oil info please |
Michael, If you got 900,000 hits with "tru oil resipe" imagine how many hits you would get with "tru oil recipe".  Your spelling is bad but I bet I would still win in a bad speller contest. I am the worst. Half the time I run my posts through a spell checker. Sometimes spell checker doesn't what to do with me. Link |
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