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Hi i have searched the foro and was surprised nobody has mentioned this. I wanted to ask what you use to clean the fretboard? Mine starts to get some bright things behind the frets?? Never done such a thing, and it would be cool if i could clean it with tools that you can find maybe in your hosehold? Thanks!
you can scrape them with the blade from a stanly knife. this is how i always do it just be cautious not to dig in with the corners of the blade. i usually fine sand it after and seal with some lemon oil. make is small nice for a while too
i dont know why it would damage the finger board it has been developed for fingerboards. I just checked google and there's a fair few guitar shops over that stock it. Seem as you are in germany try google it and see what comes up. it's only about 5 pounds for a bottle that will probably last you a long time.
I lightly (and I stress LIGHTLY) rub mine with 0000-grade steel wool which is used to finish furniture. This is just to remove any dirt or metal flecks (from the bass strings). I carefully dust-off the board and may clean it with a compressed-air cannister.
After that, I apply a fretboard conditioner like Lizard Spit which is just a formulated lemon-oil. I wipe-off all the excess before restringing the guitar.
yeah wire wool is another thing that can help but you will find it tricky to get the gunk right up against the fret the blade will do that. i use a blade to clean up the small amount of glue that can run down when gluing the frets in and the edges to take out any build of polish. then after all that, i use a micro fine sanding pad to re shine the frets and apply the lemon oil. works very well
RE: Cleaning the fretboard (in reply to Stephen Eden)
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i use a blade to clean up the small amount of glue that can run down when gluing the frets in and the edges to take out any build of polish. then after all that, i use a micro fine sanding pad to re shine the frets and apply the lemon oil. works very well
You glue the frets in? Are you referring to black fill on the ends or the whole fret?
RE: Cleaning the fretboard (in reply to Stephen Eden)
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a wee bit of super glue holds em in place and fills the end. i just run it into the small hole. I dont run glue in the slots then put them in
We use a dot of black epoxy at the very end of each slot when installing the frets.
I forget which American guitar manufacturer it was who glued the frets in (maybe Ovation?). We haven't worked on steel string guitars for many years but I learned very quickly to heat the frets before removal to avoid making a mess of the fingerboard. Now we always heat them before removal. It really simplifies the job.
RE: Cleaning the fretboard (in reply to Stephen Eden)
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you can scrape them with the blade from a stanly knife
Thanks for the good advice. I got a stanley blade and cleaned up a 44 year old guitar that had lots of streaks of thick, dirt on the fretboard, from sweat and dirt I suppose?
I'm no luthier but with a bit of care to avoid digging into the ebony, it wasn't too difficult- satisifying work. Wish I'd taken a before and after photo, it's made a big improvement.
Hello Deniz. I already have asked Anders advice about cleaning fretboard and told me that this one is very nice. I think he uses the same and so i followed his advice.
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