Would you believe that BOTH of these pieces are maple?? The neck is roasted maple with 2 coats of the OSMO polyx oil - from the can in the picture - the piece on the left is regular maple, the top (above the two pencil lines) is uncoated but below the 2nd pencil line it has 3 coats of the OSMO oil. While the regular maple's color didn't change much with the application of the oil, the color of the roasted maple underwent quite a dramatic change. After the first coat it was a nice dark honey ... and after the second it's now more of a caramel (like lightly finished & aged mahogany) ... the tint got at least 2 to 4 shades darker and the grain - while already more prominent than in the test piece - just popped out .... quite pleased with these results. The oil was a recommendation of Seth at best guitar parts who made the neck.
The feel of the finish at this point compares very favorably to my current favorite finish on a neck (hard lacquer finished to 600 grit) and may turn out to be even better . . . after 2 coats it pretty much retains the feel of bare wood ... I like it a LOT.
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| Raw wood |
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| Two coats of OSMO oil on the neck |
NOTE TO SELF; if I ever use this in the future, test on a 'real' piece for color.
A note on the OSMO oil; When applied to the regular maple it has a 'tacky', maybe 'sticky', surface after it's been rubbed off until it's completely dry (even when it feels dry to the touch in still 'sticks'). On the roasted maple on the other hand it seems to soak in more (?) and after wiping it off it's very nice immediately, nothing 'tacky' there.
AND yes I still need to clean up that work table, it's a good thing you can't see the rest of the room.
AND yes I still need to clean up that work table, it's a good thing you can't see the rest of the room.
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