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    Finishing the back of the neck

    Out of curiosity, what are you legends using to finish the back of the neck ? Not the fretboard / fingerboard, the back of the neck so its hardened and smooth and not just oiled wood. I use both Tru Oil on some necks and Scandinavian Oil on others. But not getting the hardened finish I am after. They work better on the bodies instead of the necks, in my experience anyway !

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    At the moment my favourite neck treatment is Cabots Exterior Poly in satin. Very forgiving to spray. I normally do one pass as per instructions let it dry out, sand it back and do another application. It's great for getting a smooth neck that doesn't grab your hand like a gloss one might.
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    I also liked the Tru Oil on the body, but didn’t like it on the neck of my first guitar. I gave the neck some steel wool treatment to make it feel better. On my second guitar I’m using wipe on poly and I liked the feel of it after two coats. Next time I’ll do two wipe on poly coats (satin) and leave it at that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkMark View Post
    I also liked the Tru Oil on the body, but didn’t like it on the neck of my first guitar. I gave the neck some steel wool treatment to make it feel better. On my second guitar I’m using wipe on poly and I liked the feel of it after two coats. Next time I’ll do two wipe on poly coats (satin) and leave it at that.
    Could you provide a link to the product that you used?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TZK321 View Post
    Could you provide a link to the product that you used?
    There are various brands of wipe on poly, I certainly can’t recommend one over the other. I’m using Feast Watson.

    http://www.feastwatson.com.au/consum...t-details/1512

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    The last three guitars I finished, I left the necks unfinished and sanded to 2000 grit, and they are absolutely sublime to touch!! Because I'm not playing these out, and because no-one else will ever play them regularly plus the fact that I wipe everything down when I'm done means that they shouldn't get too dirty, and if they do, a quick sanding will set that right very quickly!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by corsair View Post
    The last three guitars I finished, I left the necks unfinished and sanded to 2000 grit, and they are absolutely sublime to touch!! Because I'm not playing these out, and because no-one else will ever play them regularly plus the fact that I wipe everything down when I'm done means that they shouldn't get too dirty, and if they do, a quick sanding will set that right very quickly!!
    I did the same on the neck of the FrankenWashie, then hit it dry with some worn micro mesh polishing pads it is silky.
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    ooh glad I saqw this thread. I LOVE the unfinished neck as it feels SOO good but was worried about the dirt. if it turns out ok this axe may gig. I was wondering if i DID stain the neck does the stain grab at all our would you oil over the top..? Id like the neck dark in colour but still as smooooooth

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    Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloGhost View Post
    ooh glad I saqw this thread. I LOVE the unfinished neck as it feels SOO good but was worried about the dirt. if it turns out ok this axe may gig. I was wondering if i DID stain the neck does the stain grab at all our would you oil over the top..? Id like the neck dark in colour but still as smooooooth

    am I asking for the sun?
    My FrankenWashie doesn’t get gigged (cause I don’t gig!) but it cops a fair bit of play, I make a point of wiping it down it doesn’t seem to gather dirt. I say it doesn’t SEEM to but that’s not to say it wouldn’t if it were regularly gigged.

    i ran the micromesh pads right up to 12000, perhaps that helped?
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ID:	29761 the fretboerd on this has been sanded to 2000 grit and dingo waxed , it feels as nice as any i have just my skillz on the neck are a bit to be desire, but i wonder could you do a whole guitar sanded to 2000 grit or more and just ad some wax to polish, mmm might be worth a try

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