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Re: Frets look flakey
full maple necks are often finished in a hard finish and the finish goes over the frets. Then, the frets are beveled, leveled, crowned and buffed. Sometimes the finish isn't cut off perfectly and voila, you get what you're seeing. Any luthier worth his/her salt should be able to clean this up and buff this out. Or, just deal with it and ignore it. As long as the string doesn't feel raspy over the frets, you're fine.
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Tape them off and hit them with OOOO steel wool.
Use Scotchbrite - it's non-magnetic, doesn't rust, doesn't crumble into tiny shreds that hurt your fingers.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Start with light gray, it cuts slower. The maroon cuts faster. NOW - since the finish is maple, you can expect the Scotchbrite to mark up the lacquer, so tape it off between the frets and be careful. Unless you are shooting for a dull finish and feel - then just apply some elbow grease until you are happy.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Re: Frets look flakey
Originally posted by orpheo View Postfull maple necks are often finished in a hard finish and the finish goes over the frets. Then, the frets are beveled, leveled, crowned and buffed. Sometimes the finish isn't cut off perfectly and voila, you get what you're seeing. Any luthier worth his/her salt should be able to clean this up and buff this out. Or, just deal with it and ignore it. As long as the string doesn't feel raspy over the frets, you're fine.
I thought that may be the case, but wanted to ask!
I think I'll just polish the top of the frets and wipe down the board. I dont want to peel back the finish seeing as its seeling the board.
I use fine steel wool occasionally on rosewood fretboards only. Usually they stay pretty clean. I might look into the 3m sounds good!
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View PostNEVER use steel wool on an electric guitar. NEVER.
Use Scotchbrite - it's non-magnetic, doesn't rust, doesn't crumble into tiny shreds that hurt your fingers.
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