Fret board finger marks
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Chris Pile
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Re: Fret board finger marks
Maybe you need to lighten up your finger pressure?
Maybe you need to lighten up your finger pressure?
Re: Fret board finger marks
Looks like rosewood...considered a "hardwood". If your fretboard wood is hard enough to hold the frets in, it's hard enough to resist wear from normal playing.
You don't have to play your guitar as if it were a jackhammer. It's a fine musical instrument...play it as if you were a musician.
Looks like rosewood...considered a "hardwood". If your fretboard wood is hard enough to hold the frets in, it's hard enough to resist wear from normal playing.
You don't have to play your guitar as if it were a jackhammer. It's a fine musical instrument...play it as if you were a musician.
idsnowdog
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You don't have to pull frets. Rockler has wood filler that you can use to fill the gouges with a putty knife. You can then use 1,200 grit to remove the excess putty and 4,000 grit, 12,000 grit to sand smooth. I sand every neck that I get and the 4,000 and 12,000 grit only smooth out the finish without removing it. I also use a felt block from Rockler with jewelers rouge aka buffing compound stick to shine the frets and remove dimples.
You don't have to pull frets. Rockler has wood filler that you can use to fill the gouges with a putty knife. You can then use 1,200 grit to remove the excess putty and 4,000 grit, 12,000 grit to sand smooth. I sand every neck that I get and the 4,000 and 12,000 grit only smooth out the finish without removing it. I also use a felt block from Rockler with jewelers rouge aka buffing compound stick to shine the frets and remove dimples.
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Chris Pile
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ABSOLUTELY FRICKING NOT!
ABSOLUTELY FRICKING NOT!
idsnowdog
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Chris Pile
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You DO NOT fill scratches in a fretboard, simply sand to remove the scratches (several grits), and polish. You DO NOT fill.
You DO NOT fill scratches in a fretboard, simply sand to remove the scratches (several grits), and polish. You DO NOT fill.
NegativeEase
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Also, as someone else pointed out on here and linked an interesting article, being a "hardwood" has little to do with being harder to the touch or resistive to wear -many softwoods are much harder than many hardwoods. It had to do more with the growth rate and internal structure of the wood to classify it for industrial application -rather than the actual hardness.
Also, as someone else pointed out on here and linked an interesting article, being a "hardwood" has little to do with being harder to the touch or resistive to wear -many softwoods are much harder than many hardwoods. It had to do more with the growth rate and internal structure of the wood to classify it for industrial application -rather than the actual hardness.
regan
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You can (and this is EXTREMELY difficult to get right) depending on how deep the dents are get a soldering iron with a large bit (or even better a clothes iron with a very narrow point) & a damp towel.
Place the damp towel over the dent and apply heat with the iron, this can swell the wood with steam & raise the dents out.
You can seriously f**k up your guitar if you do this wrong & maybe loosen the frets or even worse the glue that fixes the fret board to the neck so do it at YOUR risk, or even better take it to a luthier who could probably do it in his/her sleep.
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-a-dent-from-wood/
You can (and this is EXTREMELY difficult to get right) depending on how deep the dents are get a soldering iron with a large bit (or even better a clothes iron with a very narrow point) & a damp towel.
Place the damp towel over the dent and apply heat with the iron, this can swell the wood with steam & raise the dents out.
You can seriously f**k up your guitar if you do this wrong & maybe loosen the frets or even worse the glue that fixes the fret board to the neck so do it at YOUR risk, or even better take it to a luthier who could probably do it in his/her sleep.
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-a-dent-from-wood/
Chris Pile
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That is a good point. Balsa is classified as a hardwood, in case you're interested.
That is a good point. Balsa is classified as a hardwood, in case you're interested.
NegativeEase
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TinPan
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Lemon oil?? And trim nails "good advice" And Thanks for all the good advice from you all, I much appreciate it
Lemon oil?? And trim nails "good advice" And Thanks for all the good advice from you all, I much appreciate it
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Any oil isn't going to raise the grain. Water might, but usually only if the wood has been compressed like a dent from being bumped, but if water actually helps it will be irregular and will need to be sanded after...which really opens another can of worms for a fretboard with the frets still in place.
Unless you're prepared to remove the frets, sand down the fretboard, replace the frets, do a fret level and crown and polish job, just leave it as is.
Any oil isn't going to raise the grain. Water might, but usually only if the wood has been compressed like a dent from being bumped, but if water actually helps it will be irregular and will need to be sanded after...which really opens another can of worms for a fretboard with the frets still in place.
Unless you're prepared to remove the frets, sand down the fretboard, replace the frets, do a fret level and crown and polish job, just leave it as is.
