behlen stringed instrument lacquer directions

BEHLEN STRINGED INSTRUMENT LACQUER DIRECTIONS FULL

It needs your attention.” The strings buzz at its 8th fret and up from worn frets. Every year he says, “I’ve got to get you my bouzouki, Jim. – editorĮVERY FEBRUARY, PETE CLOSEShis tailor shop and heads to Greece. “What is its base? How does it smell to you?” It contains mineral spirits and has an oily hydrocarbon smell.įast curing, crisp finish. Our product applies and looks like an oil finish but has a crisper feel and doesn’t require the maintenance of a non-drying oil. Turning to National Finishes Expert Phillip Pritchard, I ask, “What makes Behlen’s product so good?” Our Fingerboard Oil contains a resin binder that hardens in the wood to give a more permanent finish than a non-curing mineral oil or boiled linseed oil alone.

Almond oil is another, which I classify similar to BLO. There are generally two old-school options: mineral oil and boiled linseed oil (“BLO”). Only among cat food debates will you find more acrimonious opinions. Luthiers discuss the best treatment to an instruments’ fingerboard with cantankerous zeal. Tomorrow, with D’Addario Bluegrass Mediums carefully wound, we’ll be flat-picking a lively homecoming! Moments ago, my newly returned and beloved 1996 Guild D4 fingerboard was refinished. One’s finger’s literally glide along the fingerboard. A professional-quality sealer applied on instruments I own, use, and sell.Īn Indonesian-made 1990s Hohner guitar and a 1970s Japanese-made Madeira (by Guild) guitar both received this magic elixir.

BEHLEN STRINGED INSTRUMENT LACQUER DIRECTIONS FULL

And now, full circle, we have arrived at Hugh’s mandolin. A Zamboni treatment for my fretboard, without the ice.įirst I used it on the ’70s Conrad banjo. Not just a step up from mineral or boiled linseed oil. Included? Their fancy Behlen Fingerboard Oil. When Mohawk sponsored a banner ad in July 2016, they sent me a box of product to try out (actually, I sent a list of stuff I wanted). Gentle wipe-down with a hot damp slightly soapy cloth, first the body, then the neck. Even more hours, summer picking under the old oak tree in Hockessin, returned some dirt and dullness to its finish. Lavish attention restored his battered and worn mandolin to a memory of factory gleam. The 18 month loan of Hugh’s mandolin reached an inevitable conclusion.

Behlen stringed instrument lacquer directions