Finishing oil cure time before assembly - Finishing https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/ Guitar Making Forums en-GB Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:27:50 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Finishing oil cure time before assembly https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/#post-24688 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 18:15:58 +0000 @russ thanks Russ.

I put it on liberally but was pretty fastidious about wiping off the excess, so I'd say thin coats.

Last coat went on last Wednesday, so sounds like I'm good to go!

]]> Finishing Dan Hawkes https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/#post-24688 RE: Finishing oil cure time before assembly https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/#post-24687 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:12:02 +0000 @dhawkes1gmail-com

Hi Dan, it all depends on how thick you put it on. By the time you've reached your 6th coat it should be a very thin coat so 24hrs should be ok. I had to leave it 36hrs once after the first coat. 

🙂🎶🎸🙏

]]> Finishing Russ https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/#post-24687 Finishing oil cure time before assembly https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/finishing/finishing-oil-cure-time-before-assembly/#post-24686 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:03:51 +0000 Hey folks, 

Sorry if this question has been posted before.

What is the advised cure time to leave liberion finishing oil before starting assembly?

Looking on line the suggestion is 24/36 hours, bit of seen other advice of leaving it up to 4 weeks?

Some photos of my first build below, that's had 6 coats of FO.

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 Cheers!

 

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