What happened to lemon oil???

[tonemonster]

But is it fresh ground walrus penis? I've read 'some fat virtuoso' say that the quality of walrus penis can degrade quickly, so it's best to wait until you're going to use it?

I am not fat .

[silar]

I use bore oil. Lemon oil is too exciting. BAM...... Il be here all week.

But seriously, I switched to bore oil several years ago.

I did too.. gunstock or bore oil. Much better!

[Anders]

I've recently switched to mineral oil after using teak oil for the last 15 years or so.

I bought the "Skydd" mineral oil from Ikea after reading recommendations on it.

I'm not sure which is better, but it seems like a lot of the different specific oils for guitar use are basically mineral oil with something added (like lemon scent).

[j2379]

ive heard mineral oil is bad, as it can cause the wood to rot. been using a watco Danish oil, basically gunstock. works great, no sticky gummy feeling.

[Anders]

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be a universal truth when it comes to oiling fretboards.

Everywhere you look, people have different opinions, and different recommendations.

In one book, boiled linseed oil is recommended, and in another it is strongly advised not to use it, etc...

I'm obviously no expert, and very open to advice on what would be absolutely best for fretboards. However, it's hard to know who to "trust", when everyone tells you different.

[tonemonster]

WD40. Is another controversial fretboard treatment. I used to use it on my strings back in the 90s and still own the 3 guitars I used it on. Not one issue with the necks. I can't see where it's a bad thing personally. But there is no definitive rule on it. Only opinions.

[Hellbat]

The place I could see WD-40 doing damage is neck binding. It could be a solvent to the glue holding the binding on.

[toejam]

ive heard mineral oil is bad, as it can cause the wood to rot.

Lemon oil has mineral oil in it, and it's fine. You're not using real lemons or any other vegetable oil that could rot the wood. Jackson's owner's manual used to recommend Vaseline.
Regular baby oil and mineral oil are fine, as are any petroleum-based products. Motor oil is also fine, according to Jimmy D'Aquisto, the acoustic guitar maker; he used to use 30 or 40 weight oil.

[84sups]

I regularly use 409 to clean my fretboards then oil them with lemon oil or the dark woods lemon oil. Never had an issue ever. I've used Castrol Syntec 0-30 European formula on my fretboard recently.........

[tonemonster]

220, 230, whatever it takes.

[silar]

Lemon oil has mineral oil in it, and it's fine. You're not using real lemons or any other vegetable oil that could rot the wood. Jackson's owner's manual used to recommend Vaseline.
Regular baby oil and mineral oil are fine, as are any petroleum-based products. Motor oil is also fine, according to Jimmy D'Aquisto, the acoustic guitar maker; he used to use 30 or 40 weight oil.

I wonder if synthetic or conventional would be better, especially since my motorcycle runs better with Mobil 1..

[toejam]

I'm sure either would be fine.

[decadence5423]

I've been using 100% mineral oil. I have no idea what's best and searching the internet seems to just confuse me further. Lemon oil is mostly mineral oil anyway and since mineral oil has been working great for me, I'd say they're both fine.

Also on the topic of WD40, it was originally designed to repel water, from electronics I believe. WD actually stands for water displacement, but now people seem to use it for everything else including conditioning their fretboards

[xenophobe]

All this lemon oil hatred has to be due to the Fender buyout of Jackson, I know it.

[tonemonster]

The government is going to outlaw lemon oil for Gibson guitars