kevin_lindsay Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) Fir those who use lemon oil to clean / nourish your rosewood and ebony fingerboards, you know how a small 1oz bottle of lemon oil polish from Dunlop is around £5-6? Well, you can get a 16oz bottle from TK Maxx for £5.99!! Bargain or what??? I've just grabbed a bottle from my local branch. Edited February 3, 2020 by kevin_lindsay 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Good god, that's much better value. Now, I have been warned that you have to be careful about the type of lemon oil you wipe on a fretboard - apparently if it's too concentrated it can damage the wood - but judging by the label on that bottle, I assume it's safe to apply to your basses. I might have to take a trip to my local Tk Maxx - in the meantime, do let us know if your fingerboard shrivels up and falls off, there's a good chap. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) It's really good stuff. I was recommended it by my luthier friend Chris McIntyre. If he reckons it's good stuff, then I'm sold (anyone who knows Chris knows that he's a real perfectionist in guitar matters). Chris bough a bottle about a year ago, and uses it every day on instruments. He says it's just like the usual stuff you get on the little bottles from guitar care companies. Edited February 3, 2020 by kevin_lindsay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That sounds like a pretty solid recommendation to me. In which case, I'd better get along to Tk Maxx before every other Basschatter in SW London gets wind of this advice, and strip the shelves bare like a swarm of bass-playing locusts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 👍 thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Yep thats what I use too. I think Aldi and B&M bargains actually had it in too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 It’s what Alembic recommends. I’m joining the bass locust queue🦗😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That’s a bargain, I know btnmusic sell it for about £9 , TK maxx here I come 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr4stringz Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Available on the website too, for those who don’t have a store nearby. https://www.tkmaxx.com/home/kitchen+dining/kitchen-cleaning+utility/lemon-oil-polish-473ml/p/79536727 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I bought a bottle a couple of years ago - though I don't use it regularly I still have loads left. You may find a large bottle is a life time supply. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 well spotted. thanks my little Kyser bottle is almost out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Yep, that's the one I've been using for a few years. Got mine on ebay for a similar price plus a couple of quid postage. I'm only late forties but I don't think I'll need to buy lemon oil again for the rest of my days. Unless it goes off of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 18 hours ago, kevin_lindsay said: Fir those who use lemon oil to clean / nourish your rosewood and ebony fingerboards, you know how a small 1oz bottle of lemon oil polish from Dunlop is around £5-6? Well, you can get a 16oz bottle from TK Maxx for £5.99!! Bargain or what??? I've just grabbed a bottle from my local branch. Nice one!! Which branch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Every branch, the £5.99 price is the cost at any of their locations. Edited February 4, 2020 by kevin_lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 15 hours ago, TheGreek said: I bought a bottle a couple of years ago - though I don't use it regularly I still have loads left. You may find a large bottle is a life time supply. This is a good point - I take a Fast Fret to gigs as more practical/less of a liability than the little Dunlop spray bottles. I don't think I've had to buy a new bottle of Dunlop in about four or five years. That said, the big bottle might go a bit further than the little Dunlop if I also want to buff up some of the wooden furniture at home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I'm still using the same bottle of Dunlop stuff I bought 10 or more years ago, and it's still more than half full. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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