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https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/248026/cleaning-gunk-off-fretboard/p1
but if anyone else has anything to add that would be great
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I've read some use lighter fluid but I've not tried it. Supposed to dissolve the manky stuff easily.
https://www.crimsonguitars.com/products/fretboard-cleaner-and-restorative-set
I use Liberon 0000 steel wool for fret polishing, maybe 3 times a year or whenever the guitars been sat for a long period and the frets get a bit tarnished.. not sure if tarnish is the right word but you know..
I use a fret collar but.. may as well not haha, I'm fairly careless about protecting the board.. as you can see in the image below where the steel wool has hit the board due to my lack of care. Its cosmetic and I'm never gonna sell these and being the fretboard is kind of a high traffic area it will all wear to something else sooner or later so I really couldnt care less.. but I understand some people would care..
The strings here are meant to be black btw.. haha!
Steel wool makes a mess and its best to tape off your pickups otherwise bits will get stuck to them and you'll never get them off.. I just lay a cloth over the pickups and risk it LOL never had any stick but I'm more careful up the dusty end.
Mainly because my hands are clean before playing and every time after playing I get a cloth, dunlop do yellow ones that I have a bunch of, and thoroughly wipe the strings down, including the underneath of them, frets and the board. Takes 2 minutes but keeps things much cleaner and prevents the need for more invasive cleaning/polishing intervals. I also wipe
the back of the neck down whilst I'm at it.
Have I mentioned spitting on your board and wiping it off? Personally I dont but it's a thing dont ya know! Seriously..
Theres the credit card/razor blade method for scraping off.. debris.. at your own risk as you need to be careful.
The other thing is, forego all that and simply use a very lightly damp cloth. See if that budges anything before stepping it up a notch.
Then re-oil with mineral oil or something like montypresso or carnuba or gun stock wax (don't use any oil or wax that could go rancid or damage the wood). Mineral oil is the cheapest good oil option. Wipe it on; leave it a little while; wipe it off completely and leave for couple of days. Wax is more immediate: wipe on; buff out; play.
I use ISO or meths, I dont do oil or wax or anything like that, never felt the need. Brasso to polish frets.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
it really is that simple.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1