Just for funsies, what fretboard oil/conditioner do you use?

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Dunlop wipes.
What are you guys using for the wood?
Back of my LP neck is getting grimy.
 
Dime sized drop of Howard's once a year on ebony and rosewood. I often leave my classical instruments on the porch overnight during the spring.
 
Used the Dunlop for a long time. Just bought some Fret Doctor to try. Seems to do the job. Most of it is probably overpriced mineral oil but what the hell.
 
I had a respected local luthier tell me long ago to just buy the drug store brand lemon oil. It was $3, and has lasted me for over a decade, even when I used to guitar tech. I don't need food grade stuff, because I don't lick my my fretboard. Well, I don't lick my fretboard often. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, you might be compelled to lick dirty things, and that is okay. Wait, what were we talking about? Oh, fretboard oil. Yeah, just use the cheap stuff.
 
I second F-One. Just a drop or two on string changes for my dark wood boards

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Dunlop 65 Lemon Oil. I never used any until I moved to Colorado and it’s crazy dry
 
shar-vell Dan said:
Mineral oil is mostly water which dehyadrates ebony & rosewood.
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What? It's oil, dipshit. Ever heard the term "water and oil don't mix"?
No wonder your handtruck wheels keep locking up. "Ima gonna use that special H2O oil"
 
Matt300ZXT said:
I used to use Kyser Dr Stringfellow Lem Oil, but after a while, a luthier friend of mine turned me on to Behlen Fingerboard Oil. They carried it at Woodcraft near where we lived, and that was a brand of lacquer he used to use when spraying guitars. I gave it a shot and I dig the stuff. A bottle goes a looooong way.
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I use nothing with lemon oil, (even though they may be trace amounts). That said, Music Nomad F-One is THE BEST, bar none.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
Dime sized drop of Howard's once a year on ebony and rosewood. I often leave my classical instruments on the porch overnight during the spring.
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I use very little, too. I ruined the sound of 2 guitars letting too much oil soak into rosewood fretboards. Both guitars went from sounding alive and snappy to dead and dull.

Wipe it on, let it sit 10 to 15 seconds, wipe it off. Then wipe it down a few times with another clean rag over the course of 15 minutes to catch any oil rising back up through the rosewood grain. That's my OCD in action but hey, the results are great. :)
 
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