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Offline raynist

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Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« on: February 04, 2015, 09:29:29 PM »
Have some Klipsch Forte's that need something on the wood to bring back the shine/sheen.  Saw Old English Lemon Oil at Ace hardware.  Would this be ok to use?

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Ray
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2015, 09:50:15 PM »
Good stuff - been using it for years - first on my old walnut ALTECs and Dynacos, and my recent walnut ADC 303AXs.

There is another Old English product called "Scratchcover" for dark woods - consider it a dark oil with particulates that embed in the wood grain that is supposed to hide tiny scratches - meh, so-so.

It stinks for a few days and buffs out easily and scratches are revealed again. Course I was trying to fix the tops of one of the ADCs where the prior/original owner used it as a plant-stand...

Actually works a tad better on those cheap oak-ish kitchen cabinet doors and drawers where only the fronts are wood.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2015, 09:57:16 PM »
Thanks for the reply!
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2015, 09:58:21 PM »
Yep.   For oiled (not varnished) finds in good condition, it is my go to.   If they are very dirty, I clean with Murphy's Oil Soap first.

The Scratchcover is an inferior version of Howard's Restore a Finish.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2015, 10:45:49 PM »
It smells good too, which is a perk. I had to do some heavy-lifting, or else I would have gone the lemon-oil route on the Cornwalls I've got right now.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2015, 01:36:31 AM »
Quote from: raynist on February 04, 2015, 09:29:29 PM
Have some Klipsch Forte's that need something on the wood to bring back the shine/sheen.  Saw Old English Lemon Oil at Ace hardware.  Would this be ok to use?

Thanks
Ray

Horrible and worthless. Just use motor oil, it's about the same damn thing. Do it right, re-oil the cabinets with something like Watco Danish oil.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2015, 07:19:58 AM »
Don't mind F1nut, Ray, not only does he usually project his subjective opinion as the only possible answer, but he also lacks any ability to interact in with others in any manner approaching civil.

Any lemon oil works fine.  Much, much better than motor oil....
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2015, 07:23:44 AM »
LOL - thanks Tom.

I used it and it worked great.

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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2015, 07:27:49 AM »
Awesome!
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2015, 08:54:52 AM »
Quote from: raynist on February 05, 2015, 07:23:44 AM
LOL - thanks Tom.

I used it and it worked great.


No it didn't. 
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2015, 09:08:29 AM »
Quote from: Dicky on February 05, 2015, 08:54:52 AM
Quote from: raynist on February 05, 2015, 07:23:44 AM
LOL - thanks Tom.

I used it and it worked great.


No it didn't.

You are right, what was I thinking, it looks like crap....... ::)
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2015, 09:23:16 AM »
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2015, 09:24:48 AM »
I agree with F1, Watco Danish Oil is great.  I've finished or cleaned up many a speaker using the stuff.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2015, 09:30:11 AM »
Quote from: Reverend on February 05, 2015, 09:24:48 AM
I agree with F1, Watco Danish Oil is great.  I've finished or cleaned up many a speaker using the stuff.

I don't disagree and I also think there are any number of products that work well, I like the Howard stuff personally.
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Re: Old English Lemon Oil on forte's?
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2015, 09:51:48 AM »
Both products are great. For cleanup, use the lemon oil. For restoration, use the danish oil. As for motor oil...synthetic or non-synthetic???
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