Members abishai Posted July 10, 2005 Members Posted July 10, 2005 Fellow bassplayers, I come to you with a question. I've decided to stain my bassproject with a nice red and then tung oil. How does tung oil look when it's all done? I've never seen it, only heard that it's awright. c'mon boys and girls, post pics of them tung oiled bodies. I'll give you some yummy details! My body's gonna have bindings on both around top and the bottom... myeah. Of the sweetest ash, and a stripe of ebony down from the neck... yeah:cool: And not to forget the EMG SS pickup I've chosen.
Members ezstep Posted July 10, 2005 Members Posted July 10, 2005 Sorry. I have one bass of "bare wood," a mahogany neck+wings, but I don't use tung oil on it. However, I have had some furniture specially made and use tung oil on it. Chances are very good that you, too, have seen furniture finished with tung oil and you didn't realize it. Check with any furniture maker or with some small furniture stores (not the big ones where the salesmen don't know anything). Tung oil is very durable and very easy to use. You must rub on several coats at the end. Some people rub it in with cloth, others (including me) use their fingers. Hopefully someone with a digicam will post a few pictures for you.
Members axe2 2001 Posted July 10, 2005 Members Posted July 10, 2005 No pics but like you said, it's alright. I did a hand cut mahogany sg that has a 4" maple strip down the middle. The finish itself I like. It's not a one coat thing. I did 3 coats, waiting 24 hrs. between and micro sanding between with an electric sander. I used 1000 grit on the last sanding and it gets a fairly deep luster. Not a heavy shine. But if you can't paint like me it's a great, fast finish that you can touch up whenever you want.
Members T. Alan Smith Posted July 10, 2005 Members Posted July 10, 2005 Not a good pic, but a pic of my ol' tung oiled bass none the less-
Members abishai Posted July 11, 2005 Author Members Posted July 11, 2005 It still looks better than the linseed oil I used on necks before. I can't wait til it's done. Though it's kinda weird because the neck has a painted finish
Members bholder Posted July 11, 2005 Members Posted July 11, 2005 I've been experimenting with a mix tung oil with "real oil" or "true oil" (gunstock finishes found in sporting goods) to make the finish a little harder, seems to work pretty well. (I think the gunstock oil has some shellac mixed in.)
Members Jazz Ad Posted July 11, 2005 Members Posted July 11, 2005 Tung oil protects well but it will stink like rotten fish for a while.
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