Now it was time to apply the Danish oil finish. I sanded the surface lightly to 320 grit trying to avoid sanding through the stain. Then, three coats in a row, 20 minute pause, another coat, 20 minute pause, yet another coat, 20 minute pause, wipe excess away, pause for an hour, wipe again, pause for an hour, and wipe again. Then wait at least 48 hours.
With the Les Paul Special, it actually took several weeks for the finish to dry fully. It smelled lightly oily and every now and then the neck felt a tiny bit sticky. Wiping it with a cloth helped every time. Eventually it stopped doing that so I assume that all the oil finally got into the wood.
And by the way, those red drips on the wall are not mine! The house was painted a year or so back, and the "professionals" did that.
Again, it is very difficult to capture the true colour. It is dark red, but not towards purple but more of a brown. What the picture tells right, is that the colour is very uneven. However, what can't be seen from the picture is that the unevenness plays withe the light kind of nicely. So it is not juts spotty paint job, but the unevenness is deep in the wood itself.
The India Ink on the headstock behaved well. It didn't dilute on the Danish oil so it stayed smooth and even. Great. I could imagine dying the whole guitar black with it.
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