How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

[SOLO GUITAR STEWIE]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

this is definately vault material.

chris

 

[Zerberus]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

I can go ask a Post It product rep to comment on this if you want, but I do know the glue is designed to stick to paper, and even on paper it leaves very little residue. On wood or other materials, the residue is virtually non-existent, especially when compared to masking tape. You leave more residue on the fretboard by touching it with your fingers than a Post It ever would.

And yeah, for your method, I would definitely use masking tape.

Hence the phrase "if anything", as I do not know the exact chemical makeup of a Post-it note.. But logical reasoning leads me to think that a post it, having an adhesive at all, would still be more likely to leave residue than not even applying any adhesive to the board, that´s all

Just wipe it off with naptha again. Its really easy and works like a charm. After that, oil the board and you are done!! The post its are not required what so ever. There is nothing wrong with them, I just find its quicker not using them and also the fretboard gets some attention in my way.

+1... the naphtha doesn´t even have to be wiped off, as it´s quite capable of evaporating on it´s own (*edit* Just noticed, minor misunderstanding, my bad)... Leaving away the post-its /masking tape /useless paper barrier (on maple you´ll want to mask though if you dont want a satin fretboard) has the added advantage that the 0000 steel wool will also polish and clean the fretboard while at it... I can literally just Naphtha, grab a ball of steel wool, run it along all sides of the neck (another reason I love raw necks) and oil the board, and by then the axe is usually just itching for new strings

 

[tone4days]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

zerb, does steel wool on the fingerboard risk damage to fancy inlays? .. i dont want to risk damaging the pretty birds on my prs ... thoughts?

thanks
t4d

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

As far as the furniture polish goes, I know some finshes will not like furniture polish, however I honestly can't imagine it eating off a finish. My dad's old LP has only had furniture polish used on it for 36 years.

Don't....your frets will still be the same and your memories will be in tatters.

Are you saying not to burnish? I assure you the frets feel quite different after the fact.

Luke

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

You know, now that I think about it I suppose the Post It's aren't terribly necessary. They do prevent the tiny steel wool fibers from getting all over the fretboard, but a can of compressed air should take care of that problem. It's just a different method of accomplishing the same thing, really.

If it's a question of masking tape vs. Post It's though, the Post It's definitely leave less residue ... much, much less. And if you're going to be cleaning the board anyway, do what you want.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

The reason I mask the board is due to inlays, but also trying to keep the board a little more tidy.

Luke

 

[theodie]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

zerb, does steel wool on the fingerboard risk damage to fancy inlays? .. i dont want to risk damaging the pretty birds on my prs ... thoughts?

thanks
t4d

Should be fine T4d. Granted very coarse wool woundnt be good at all but, you will be using 0000 anyway so its all good. I persoanlly have used it on inlaid boards many times and have not seen any adverse effects from using it.

 

[theodie]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

You know, now that I think about it I suppose the Post It's aren't terribly necessary. They do prevent the tiny steel wool fibers from getting all over the fretboard, but a can of compressed air should take care of that problem. It's just a different method of accomplishing the same thing, really.

If it's a question of masking tape vs. Post It's though, the Post It's definitely leave less residue ... much, much less. And if you're going to be cleaning the board anyway, do what you want.

If you want to mask off the board, regular masking tape does leave alot of residue and can pull the finish right off the guitar. The thing to use is the 3M painters tape. Its the blue stuff. It is very low tack tape and dosent usually leave a residue.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

Should be fine T4d. Granted very coarse wool woundnt be good at all but, you will be using 0000 anyway so its all good. I persoanlly have used it on inlaid boards many times and have not seen any adverse effects from using it.

Spot on, thanks for the save, Odie

 

[tone4days]

Re: How to Burnish your frets, with pictures

thanks odie and zerb