Freak accident - cooking oil on fingers. Playing is 10 times easier. Strings?

[LowCaster]

Most cooking oils are vegetable oils. Just like linseed oil most of them are « self drying », they’ll polymerize with time. Think « oil painting ». It might get sticky or build up unpleasantly if you are unlucky. I would be very careful with that.

However, olive oil is allegedly very good for the skin, and moisturizing your fingers with a tiny drop of oil is not the same as wiping the whole guitar with it, it should be safe.

Animal grease is not self drying, so you should be good with chicken, salami and whatnot.

I’ve heard that earwax has the most remarkable waxing properties, the grease that you find on you nose too...

I’ll stick with Fast Fret.

 

[Zepfan]

I would think that a build up of all these sprays,oils and whatnot would build up in the strings and make them go dead sooner.

 

[Iago]

Once I borrowed a guitar from the other guitarist in the band I used to play with and couldn't help but notice how rough and nasty the strings were - He was a big Fast Fret adept, the oils did their work so well he never felt the strings being so rough I guess. He only changed them when they broke.

In my case, I use the free method of rubbing my fingertips on the bridge of my nose or forehead.

 

[soundchaser59]

I have had a hard time sliding with powerchords. My fingers would get stuck to the strings.
I was in my kitchen earlier today, and spilled some rapeseed oil on my fretting hands.
Wiped my hands down, played the same chords and now it was MUCH easier. Fingers not sticking to the strings. It's a brand new set of Earnie Ball Super Slinkies.

Can you get strings that are equally easy to play, as my new and improved Earnie Ball Rapeseed Oil Strings?

I need to patent that ****

Do NOT use rapeseed oil. Wait til you see what happens when it dries. It can turn into this orange gummy glue that is almost impossible to get off. Grape seed oil is the same way.

Body oil from rubbing your skin is not a good idea either, because it already has microscopic trapped dust and dirt and sloughed off skin cells, etc.... you need oil that is clean and pure.

You are on the right track, but the best thing I've found is raw virgin coconut oil. Mineral oil will do in a pinch, but it's hard to find mineral oil that isn't thick and viscous. I've been using coconut oil for a couple years now, it's awesome......and good for you to eat as well! If you wash your hands with warm soapy water and then use the coconut oil on your hands, your strings will stay clean for quite a while.

 

[burntfrijoles]

I Can't Believe I'm Playing Like Butter.

You mean like “buttah”

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

At least the OP wasn't changing the oil in his car at the time of is discovery. Otherwise we would be warning about the effects of Quaker State on rosewood.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Using it to clean strings is just cheap. Buy some new strings.
If you are using it to "clean" your board with the strings on, you must be slathering it on.
and you don;t notice that it makes the strings slicker.
And you don;t want to argue.
But you are.
It;s oil. It doesn't clean your strings. It makes them slippery.

You're the one arguing. Apparently without the facts. Since it's billed as a string cleaner and lubricant. And using it AS DIRECTED, which you apparently are not, has the pleasant side effect of keeping your board clean.

It's true I probably don't change strings on my guitars as often as some guys here. In my defense, I am a working bass player, not a guitarist. Now basses, those get changed about every two weeks on the Spectors and the Ric gets a new set before every gig since I put Rotos on it and I like them brand new. I'm reasonably certain I spend more on strings than most of the guys here.

As for the Fast Fret, you use it how you see fit brother, but the fact is that if you need some product to make your strings slicker you might need to spend less time on the internet and more time practicing your technique. ;-)

Also there is a pretty significant difference between a semi-colon and an apostrophe. I thought I was having a seizure when I read your post.

 

[Sollipsist]

Won't most oils eventually go rancid? My playing stinks enough as it is...

 

[Blue Bill]

Picked up a box of ‘Fresh’ somesuch oil on the street, 1000 mg and some other words were printed on the box.
Looked like it contained some sort of empty plastic tubes that were supposed to be hooked up to a vape kit. I was en route to picking up an order of Mangan wound G strings when I spotted the carton, instinctively wheeled back, picked it up, opened it to inspect the weighted contents, and put it in my coat pocket.

I was tuning the guitar when I remembered the carton. None of the components would unscrew, so I reached for a pliers.

Glass shattered and showered the desktop. By the time I cleaned up the area, my hands were coated with a fine oil which I had trouble washing away. I returned to the guitar, and started to stretch the wound G, which I had waited months for. It was finally here. I tuned the strings and played a few arpeggios. The metal in the 5 dead strings seemed to absorb the tackiness, until there was no sense of it at all. Pretty soon, and as a complete surprise, I found myself doing things with absolute mastery which normally required extensive regressive hypnotherapy to perform. If I weren’t to have experienced this firsthand, there is no one on earth who could convince me of this instantaneous and profound effect.

The moments following this had me fixed staring at my hand, and the back of a naked maple neck I had worked at setting and reshaping extensively, stealing glances at the edge of the thin Indian rosewood fingerboard which I was set on replacing, marveling at the light cocoa color which leapt from the visible .140” strip and thinking it was like holding the perfect ‘62 strat neck, except...it is not a strat, and my fingers were not so much as holding it, as they were ravaging on autopilot, provoked by the tactile feedback. Notes were flying off it, through the amp I never turn on; the instrument was howling fluidity, and seemed to be playing itself. The stock ‘73 lacquer dipped and slightly microphonic formvar pickups I wanted to ditch for Kinmans or maybe some Lollars were acting strangely as well, enunciating tamed squeals which seemed to be a language I had once known fluently but forgot except in dreams, and I used the tone knob to reel in 130 watts I never employ and now couldn’t have cared less if the neighbors could hear. I could hardly stop, save for the 3 remaining empty tubules with a few flat clear droplets with commingled darker specks clinging to the glass, in front of me, on the desk.

Plusorminus: Drinks 19 cups of coffee, then posts on TDPRI:

 

[jimash]

Also there is a pretty significant difference between a semi-colon and an apostrophe. I thought I was having a seizure when I read your post.

The keyboard is wide and I miss the apostrophe. I do it so often I've nearly given up correcting it.
For the rest, Ok then.

 

[noah330]

rapeseed? This sounds like it should be on the ID channel.

 

[plusorminuszero]

Plusorminus: Drinks 19 cups of coffee, then posts on TDPRI:

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What does coffee have to do with what I related regarding oil, guitar strings?

Try to help me here...how does coffee bring about this posting of mine?

This was sort of a once in a lifetime awakening experience.
Some would say ephipany. I suppose it depends on one’s wont.

A simple thing. A drop of extract from a God given herb I cannot simply produce-you cannot conceive of the reasons. You see, you better be disabled, registered sick or dying, and even that is something the gov wants to quash....and those that have it, have all manner of other tricks as well. Many are veritable snitches acting all loose, having been caught with you name it, and even that isn’t enough. Oh, ya, make sure you call me....

I have seen better days, with better friends, better people, and better prospects for
getting what keeps any joy in me alive. But I have roots, deep dry roots, and I can tell you friend, among all my experiences in life, what I tried to say here was among the more profound. That those tendrils were thereby watered. I have great respect for it, and would never want to lose whatever that little boost was, and all I did was handle it on my fingers.
A drop. Most importantly...I knew exactly what it was. Right there on the label.
Why would I ever enter any other gate?

There’s no pretending it did not happen. It happened, and I must now pull up my stakes.

Just trying to share a little knowledge.
The only thing I ever considered was not if, but where, I would speak it.

Did I come to the wrong place?

 

[24 track]

Mechanics make the best guitarists , ask Jeff Beck!

 

[TeleTucson]

Maybe if you want to really get your guitar going, you should try K-Y Jelly. For me, I like the strings as they come ...

 

[Danishboy]

Most cooking oils are vegetable oils. Just like linseed oil most of them are « self drying », they’ll polymerize with time. Think « oil painting ». It might get sticky or build up unpleasantly if you are unlucky. I would be very careful with that.

However, olive oil is allegedly very good for the skin, and moisturizing your fingers with a tiny drop of oil is not the same as wiping the whole guitar with it, it should be safe.

Animal grease is not self drying, so you should be good with chicken, salami and whatnot.

I’ve heard that earwax has the most remarkable waxing properties, the grease that you find on you nose too...

I’ll stick with Fast Fret.

Fast Fret it is then

 

[Blue Bill]

What does coffee have to do with what I related regarding oil, guitar strings?

Try to help me here...how does coffee bring about this posting of mine?

This was sort of a once in a lifetime awakening experience.
Some would say ephipany. I suppose it depends on one’s wont.

A simple thing. A drop of extract from a God given herb I cannot simply produce-you cannot conceive of the reasons. You see, you better be disabled, registered sick or dying, and even that is something the gov wants to quash....and those that have it, have all manner of other tricks as well. Many are veritable snitches acting all loose, having been caught with you name it, and even that isn’t enough. Oh, ya, make sure you call me....

I have seen better days, with better friends, better people, and better prospects for
getting what keeps any joy in me alive. But I have roots, deep dry roots, and I can tell you friend, among all my experiences in life, what I tried to say here was among the more profound. That those tendrils were thereby watered. I have great respect for it, and would never want to lose whatever that little boost was, and all I did was handle it on my fingers.
A drop. Most importantly...I knew exactly what it was. Right there on the label.
Why would I ever enter any other gate?

There’s no pretending it did not happen. It happened, and I must now pull up my stakes.

Just trying to share a little knowledge.
The only thing I ever considered was not if, but where, I would speak it.

Did I come to the wrong place?

Plusorminus, of course you are welcome here, and I appreciate your story regarding an oil that enhanced the play-ability of your axe, no problemo. I was attempting to have a little fun. Your first post was, IMO, unusually energetic and enthusiastic, and it reminded me of some people I know when they have had a lot of coffee. Rock on!

 

[SPUDCASTER]

You may want to contact Clark Griswold.

Didn't he have that stuff he was testing that was 500 times more slippery than cooking oil?

 

[Synapse2k]

Finger lickin good chicken helps with slide .

With a side of those greasy biscuits and you’re all set

 

[stratclub]

Maybe if you want to really get your guitar going, you should try K-Y Jelly. For me, I like the strings as they come ...

Kentucky Jelly and Peanut butter with a sprinkling of banana flakes? MMMM Good Sammich..............