Lemon Extract?
sigma7
Aug 19 2009, 01:06 AM
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Hey everybody! biggrin.gif . Well, ive decided to scallop my entire fretboard. I hear you need a light touch to play a scalloped neck so I thought it would teach me to relax my wrist a little more haha. My question is can you use lemon extract instead of just lemon oil to clean the fretboard? Lemon extract ingredients are water, alcohol, and lemon oil. Does anyone have any experience with lemon extract...and/or scalloping?

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I use lemon oil on my furniture, lemon extract in my cake and lemon juice on my scallops. tongue.gif

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Victor's right. What I recommend you, is to not leave the normal fretboard once you start to play with the scaloped one. I know a lot of people that only played with scaloped guitars and now they can't play with normal ones, because they get so used to the scaloped that they aren't able to play with the normal ones.

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I wouldn't use anything with alcohol in it, I don't know but I suspect that can dry and bleech the wood.

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QUOTE (sigma7 @ Aug 19 2009, 01:06 AM) *
Hey everybody! biggrin.gif . Well, ive decided to scallop my entire fretboard. I hear you need a light touch to play a scalloped neck so I thought it would teach me to relax my wrist a little more haha.


I heard opposite. People that have scalloped fretboard claim that you need to control your playing much more. I tried a couple of times and realized it's not for me.

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My question is can you use lemon extract instead of just lemon oil to clean the fretboard? Lemon extract ingredients are water, alcohol, and lemon oil.

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Basically NO!!!
Lemon Extract will dry out your fingerboard due to it's small alcohol + water content.
Lemon Oil is widely used for cleaning and moisturising fingerboards! (And Furniture.)
Remember that Lemon Oil is NO GOOD for Maple Fingerboards!!!!

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QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Aug 19 2009, 12:31 PM) *
Remember that Lemon Oil is NO GOOD for Maple Fingerboards!!!!


I've heard that it can work as a one-time procedure, like "finishing" the neck after scalloping it. Or am I wrong here?

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QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Aug 19 2009, 10:01 AM) *
I've heard that it can work as a one-time procedure, like "finishing" the neck after scalloping it. Or am I wrong here?


idk, thats what i heard, but i dont have the oil, i have extract...o well, i guess ill use wood finisher or something

QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Aug 19 2009, 04:04 AM) *
I heard opposite. People that have scalloped fretboard claim that you need to control your playing much more. I tried a couple of times and realized it's not for me.


Yah, i tried it a little bit at guitar center last week and I liked it, it was kind of relearning the guitar again. And thats exactly what I need to break my habits, and wut the hey, if Yngwie can do it, so can I smile.gif

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QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Aug 19 2009, 04:01 PM) *
I've heard that it can work as a one-time procedure, like "finishing" the neck after scalloping it. Or am I wrong here?

QUOTE (sigma7 @ Aug 19 2009, 05:43 PM) *
idk, thats what i heard, but i dont have the oil, i have extract...o well, i guess ill use wood finisher or something

Yah, i tried it a little bit at guitar center last week and I liked it, it was kind of relearning the guitar again. And thats exactly what I need to break my habits, and wut the hey, if Yngwie can do it, so can I smile.gif

It will work as a treatment after scalloping, but ONLY on Rosewood/Ebony Fingerboards. It can also be used as a cleaning agent to remove Finger Grease and Dirt build up. It can be used as a Cleaner whenever you want to!
It should only be used on harder Woods though, If you use it on Maple it will end up damaging the fingerboard!
There are other Oils available to treat a scalloped Maple Fingerboard!!
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This is what you want, but definitely NOT Lemon EXTRACT!!!
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[quote name='Sensible Jones' date='Aug 19 2009, 07:16 PM' post='413832']
It should only be used on harder Woods though, If you use it on Maple it will end up damaging the fingerboard!
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Now, I don't really know much about it, but are you sure its not just damaging for the clear coat finish on some maple fretboards? Googling it now, and it seems fairly "common" to use lemon oil to finish newly scalloped maple necks?
As I said, I don't really know anything about it, but...

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QUOTE (Sollesnes @ Aug 25 2009, 09:23 AM) *
QUOTE (Sensible Jones @ Aug 19 2009, 07:16 PM) *

It should only be used on harder Woods though, If you use it on Maple it will end up damaging the fingerboard!


Now, I don't really know much about it, but are you sure its not just damaging for the clear coat finish on some maple fretboards? Googling it now, and it seems fairly "common" to use lemon oil to finish newly scalloped maple necks?
As I said, I don't really know anything about it, but...

All I can tell you is what I've always been told (by Jimmy Page's Guitar Tech).
He always used it only on Rosewwod/Ebony boards and never on Maple ones!
Although, on the bottles of Kyser/Dr Stringfellows it doesn't say NOT to use it on maple, but on the bottles of Dunlop it has a warning about NOT using it on Maple boards!



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For a newly scalloped Maple Board I personally would use either Tung Oil, Mineral Oil or Linseed Oil.
If using Linseed Oil remember to dispose of any Rags you use outside as it can spontaneously combust!!
Linseed is the same Oil they use to treat Cricket Bats!
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Just found this info:-
1. Linseed oil is more like a varnish than an oil. Because it forms a continuous film, it seals the surface of the wood like a varnish, but oils of plant origin may later slowly penetrate down to the wood. It can take years. It comes in many forms. The stuff from a hardware or art store is a paint variety, boiled or raw. Both of them stink. If you insist on Linseed oil, get the food grade from a health food store. This grade doesn't smell so bad. After multiple applications, nothing can penetrate it. If you use Linseed oil, take any rags or brushes that are used and dispose of them outdoors. When left in a pile of rags, this stuff can spontaneously burst into flame. You then lose both your ax and your home. Squeeze the bottle and screw the cap on tight, minimizing any air space in the container.

2. Tung oil is also a varnish that forms a continuous film. When used for this purpose, a small amount is applied and rubbed with one's hand until the surface feels warm. The heat from friction "sets" (polymerizes) the varnish. This is where the term, "hand rubbed," comes from, not from skin oil. A hand has no lint and leaves no brush marks. A Tung oil finish can also be later penetrated by a light weight plant oil. It is a very slow process. The good news is that, over time, some of the varnish may wear off from finger and string pressure, facilitating better absorption of oil. Same with Linseed.

3. Shellac is also a varnish, but different from the two above. Linseed and Tung oils are film surfaces. They polymerize and are very difficult to penetrate. Shellac does not form a continuous film, so some oil can get through, at least more easily than Linseed or Tung. I have never heard of it being used on a fretboard, but who knows? It is not advised.

4. Mineral oil merely coats the surface, giving it a bright sheen, but does not penetrate the wood. This oil prevents absorption by a plant oil after the fact. This includes most bore oils, but not all. Read the label. Most so-called fretboard treatments and bore oils are no more than inexpensive mineral oil with a scent added, like lemon.

5. Silicone-based furniture polishes also make it shiny but prevent later penetration in the short term. Silicone also eventually migrates into the wood, integrating with the cellulose structure and breaking it down.

6. Polyurethane and Nitro finishes can't be penetrated...ever.

7. Skin or Nose oils contain dirt, skin fragments, salt, bacteria and God only knows what else. "Hand-rubbed" does not mean skin oil! It means Tung oil.

8. Petroleum based lubricants behave like mineral oil, don't penetrate the wood, and prevent future absorption. Most contain solvents that can potentially damage some adhesives.

9. Corn oil, Safflower oil, Olive oil, etc., do penetrate to some degree, but contain no preservatives. They may become rancid over time.

10. Lemon Oil, Almond oil, Walnut oil, etc., food grade, are probably O.K., but make sure they don't contain solvents like naphtha or other petroleum distillates. Solvents can weaken any adhesives used in instrument construction. Be aware that most "Lemon oils" are no more than lemon-scented mineral oil, as are most bore oils. Real lemon oil is quite acidic, with a pH of 3.7 to 4.2. It is an effective cleaner, but wipe it off when you are finished. Rosewood oil does not even come from the same plant that your fretboard wood came from, not even the same country! It is consists mostly of an aromatic solvent with a Rosewood oil scent added.

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