I've just started building one of these and have a question for you. You used graphite powder and coated in tru-oil and polished with steel wool, I intend to do just that.
Does it lock the dirty look in properly and prevent it from coming off all over your fingers?
@DanielGCooper yes, the truoil will cover it over and lock it in. before applying the truoil, cover your frets with masking tape. use thin coats of oil, 1 coat every 24 hours, you should be good after 4 or 5 coats. use some 0000 steel wool to lightly buff the shine off the last coat.
@evhfrankie no, I crushed it on my desk with the end of a screwdriver enough to make it like powder, then dabbed my finger in it and rubbed it into the fretboard.
bought it on ebay from a seller named 4monkeyz . his real name was James Duffy. The neck was a piece of junk. bad frets, truss rod didn't work, took me forever to make it playable.
what kind of cleaning pad did you use? Did you scratch the fret board? Seems the only way to get graphite to stick would be to scratch the board to get it to attach itself to wood.
@slotdoctor1 yes, a light sanding of 220 first, then rub it in, it will look almost black, then use a green scrubbing pad you can find at any dollar store to scrub off the lead to the effect you want, then rub it a bit with a rag. worked like a charm for me
I've just started building one of these and have a question for you. You used graphite powder and coated in tru-oil and polished with steel wool, I intend to do just that.
Does it lock the dirty look in properly and prevent it from coming off all over your fingers?
DanielGCooper 4 months ago
@DanielGCooper yes, the truoil will cover it over and lock it in. before applying the truoil, cover your frets with masking tape. use thin coats of oil, 1 coat every 24 hours, you should be good after 4 or 5 coats. use some 0000 steel wool to lightly buff the shine off the last coat.
scorch72 4 months ago
when you put the graphite on the neck was the fretboard unfinished, or did it have some type of clear coat on it?
theMicrowaveStudios 8 months ago
@theMicrowaveStudios I used a few coats of tru-oil on top to seal it in. then after it cured I rubbed the sheen off the finish with some steel wool.
scorch72 7 months ago
Bro.. yours is just like mine, good job.
flymyv 1 year ago
Do you put the lead on the neck and then crush it?
evhfrankie 1 year ago
@evhfrankie no, I crushed it on my desk with the end of a screwdriver enough to make it like powder, then dabbed my finger in it and rubbed it into the fretboard.
scorch72 1 year ago
@scorch72 does the Lead rub off of the neck after u play awhile?
evhfrankie 1 year ago
@evhfrankie it rubbed off on some places where I play a lot, but not all, it still looks dirty as hell on the rubbed off spots.
scorch72 1 year ago
@scorch72 where did u get the neck?
evhfrankie 1 year ago
@evhfrankie
bought it on ebay from a seller named 4monkeyz . his real name was James Duffy. The neck was a piece of junk. bad frets, truss rod didn't work, took me forever to make it playable.
scorch72 1 year ago
@evhfrankie crush it with something till you get a "dust effect" then use your fingers to rub it in.
scorch72 4 months ago
what kind of cleaning pad did you use? Did you scratch the fret board? Seems the only way to get graphite to stick would be to scratch the board to get it to attach itself to wood.
slotdoctor1 1 year ago
@slotdoctor1 yes, a light sanding of 220 first, then rub it in, it will look almost black, then use a green scrubbing pad you can find at any dollar store to scrub off the lead to the effect you want, then rub it a bit with a rag. worked like a charm for me
scorch72 1 year ago
@scorch72 Thanks for the info. Worked great. I have powdered graphite I use for lubricating locks. I think the pencils might actually work better.
slotdoctor1 1 year ago