Feast Watson Scandinavian Oil finish on Guitar body

[John W]

A quick question, hope someone can provide some view, I have been using Scandinavian Oil as a finish for the body of my Telecaster. I have applied about 15 coats and have got the look I was after. I have left it to dry as went on holidays for a couple of weeks, so it has been about 20 days since the last coat was applied. I would expect that it should have well and truly dried by now, however still appears a bit tacky to touch. Do I need to provide some sort of sealer to finish, or do I need to be more patient? The manufactures advice is don't need to, and I have used this same product on a bar top to good effect, however bar top was a much hard wood?

[colin2121]

I have used that product and it does take time to settle down.
I also applied Feast Watson furniture wax over the top. That improved the tacky feel.
Test it on a scrap piece first though just to be certain.

[Dikkybee007]

Did you follow the Feast Watson instructions to the letter?
At first they say 1-2 coats is needed then they say 3-4 coats to achieve a gloss coat so your 15 coats may have been maybe a few too many if you didn't let it dry enough before applying the next coat.
I have used the oil before and never had a problem but I only used 2 or 3 coats.
Did you apply the oil and wait 30 minutes before you wiped off the excess oil and then wait 8 hours before applying the next coat?

I have gotten a high gloss finish on an Ash body by sanding the body as smooth as possible then applying sanding sealer to flatten the grain which was a pain as I first applied the sealer only to the deep grain grooves that ash has and didn't apply to the full body until I had the grain flat. Applied 2 coats of sealer to the whole body then used the oil as per instructions and it was as gloss as an oil can be. Between coats I left it over night just to make sure it wasn't tacky to the touch. If the last coat is still tacky never apply another coat.

[John W]

Thanks that sounds positive, will give it a bit more time and maybe try the Furniture wax. As Dikkybee007 has mentin below some of the early coats I may not of wipe off the excess oil after 30 mins, but definetly had given it the full 8 hours dring time between coats. I will see how your suggestion works, Thanks again.

[John W]

Thanks for comments, my guitar body is Basswood which appers to be very soft wood. I definetly left at least 8 hours between coats but not confident that I wiped off excess oil after 30 minutes each time. I think I will give it some more time, have had a few hot days which may help.