https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:26:51 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220893 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:24:42 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220893 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220772 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:15:44 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220772 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220764 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:03:58 +0000
This hasn't had much to do with lemon oil, but I did have to wipe gun oil off of the rod. :D

Haven't yet tried lemon oil on the guns, but I have rubbed some of them down with baby oil.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220764 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220750 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:30:13 +0000
I've just been sitting playing on Christine, trying to work out A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, which just sends thrills through me to hear with those big church organ voices set up and the volume up through the console and the outboard tone cabinet! It'll take me a good while to get that down, the learning curve is steep, but I'm determined to get it right. I can just about come up with a harmonized version myself (still got a couple of rough spots), but I want to learn the hymnal version. First handicap to overcome is getting the hymnal to sit up on the music rack and stay open! There's a lot going on in there with both hands, and it's been 38 years since I was sight reading stuff and playing with both hands on the keyboard. When I do get it down, then I'm going to start working in some pedal notes.

This really is an awesome instrument!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220750 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220739 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:57:26 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220739 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220611 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:27:29 +0000
Except for the mystery metal bullets. They're waxy, not greasy. (I've discovered that White Lightning bicycle chain lube is a wonderful tumble lube for cast bullets.)

I've just finished oiling my organ, a New Year's tradition for me.

That is, my Hammond H-182 organ Christine's machinery for the new year, and slopped a bit around in the process. it was light duty spindle oil, bought by the gallon from ENCO. That's why I can afford to be sloppy with it, unlike the expensive small containers of "real Hammond special tone generator oil," which is light spindle oil repackaged in little bottles and marked way up.

Christine's tone generator is driven by a central shaft spun by a synchronous motor at 1800 RPM, with gear trains and tonewheels on each side, all spinning in sintered bronze bearings oiled by capillary action through cotton threads from a central oil trough above the shaft. Spindle oil works great. Olive oil wouldn't work worth a toot in this application.

It's an oily mess inside. But the tone generator's running quietly, took a LONG time to spin to a stop when I turned it off just now, and best of all, the oil has finally settled the mildew so it doesn't throw me into a coughing fit, and the room fills with that wonderful oil smell when Christine gets turned on and warms up.

A friend just E-mailed me a suggestion for an oil he thought I might use: http://tinyurl.com/y9c6g8]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220611 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220367 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:44:01 +0000
First. Greasy, mystery metal bullets!

Second. We like that olive oil just a little too much? :shock:

Third. We like our leather a lot too? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Fourth. White stuff in a jar?

Last. Invitations to smell your belt?!? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

No wonder you look so cheerful all the time!

:lol:]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance racetruck1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220367 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220323 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 04:58:01 +0000
Olive oil will never go rank on your guitar, if you wipe it off when you're done as you should. You're looking for a microscopically thin film, not an oil slick.

My guitars all have had olive oil on the fretboards for years (except the Agile, which has a varnished fretboard), and while my playing may be rank, my guitars certainly aren't. I also use it as a leather treatment, and all my belts, rifle slings and guitar straps have had olive oil on them for years. Oh yeah, leather coats and hats, too. It doesn't get smelly. You're welcome to sniff my belt if you like.

It will eventually get sticky if you slather on a huge excess and leave it. Don't do that, with any oil.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220323 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220254 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:09:24 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Windbreaker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-220254 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-63169 Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:10:20 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Anonymous https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/lemon-oil/#post-63169