Polymerized linseed oil is the best of both worlds.
Almond oil for wood instruments.
Boiled linseed oil is common as a wood finish but contains some potentially hazardous drying compounds.
Apply oil on a daily basis always polishing the recorder using a cloth or piece of leather dampened with oil.
Allow the oil enough time to soak in at least for an hour.
Nitric acid will do it and can stain the wood at the same time if you add a little metal reddish brown for iron reddish green for copper blue black for silver.
It cures to a flat fine film that protects your recorder very well against the influence of humidity and does not wash out as quick as sweet almond oil which has a lower viscosity.
Almond oil is the best.
Once the oil has polymerized the rate of water crossing is significantly reduced and the oil is more permanently retained.
Other bore oils on the market can contain petroleum distillates and or dyes none of which is necessary nor desired for oiling the wood of your premium instrument.
For keys it is recommendable to use sewing machine or special key oil.
Without crosslinking the oil is greatly more.
Almond oil is the preferred oil for oiling the bore of wood clarinets oboes piccolos.
Let cloth used for oiling therefore dry outspread by exposure to air.
Tung oil is a plant based oil used as a wood finish.
Oil can swell the wood cracking the instrument at the tenons.
It is clear quick drying and penetrates the grain to enhance and protect the.
Maintaining your instrument.
This vegetable oil is absorbed by the pores of the wood and forms a film that protects the recorder from moistness.
Grape seed oil is better because it is thinner.
The oil comes in a glass bottle and i suggest standing this bottle in hot water for a few minutes to warm the oil pour it onto the wood and wipe around with a piece of kitchen paper allow it to soak in for a minute or two then wipe off any excess with clean kitchen paper.
The vitamin e oil keeps the almond oil from going rancid.
The traditional oil for woodwind instruments is linseed oil.
The best repair shops in the world and artists trust a simple natural almond oil for their instruments.
The cells swell up and the wood expands.
Cyanoacrylate ca superglue will polymerize linseed oil and several other oils that are normally not considered drying oils so you can make almond oil laquer with it.
Linseed oil is better because it won t make the recorder sticky.
Beyond that there were various suggestions to use almond oil raw linseed oil and olive oil.
I used to recommend lemon oil but it seems that standards vary as.
Don t oil your recorders because the wood is already treated and the oil could damage the wood.
A serpent is a double s shaped instrument made of wood wrapped in leather but blown with a brass mouthpiece this instrument had dried out centuries ago and was little more than a leather shell enclosing a pile of dust.
Wipe it off completely so your recorder doesn t get sticky from oil residue.
Groundnut or peanut oil and sweet almond oil.
Pure and non toxic with quick drying times.
The moeck maintenance kit contains almond oil but one can also purchase it at a chemist s or at a drug store.
