OH CRAPSHAKE!!!

[chemical_ali]

i started scalloping a fretboard this weekend... suffice it to say i scratched a couple frets in the process. is there a way i can polish the scratches away? will fine sandpaper do the job? thanks.

[krazyderek]

doesn't the tutorial say to tape them off to protect them? i've used some 1500 grit paper to make frets look a bit better after some "oopsies"

[soapbarstrat]

You should try to burnish them, pressing metal back into itself, if that makes sense to you. That might help a little, or quite a lot, but you'll still need to get rid of any gouges with whatever it takes: burnishing, filing, sanding, steel wooling. Otherwise if a string binds against a defect in a fret, string bending will quickly cause that area of the fret to wear down.

[Brian]

Start with finer and finer grits of sand paper you'll end up polishing them right back to looking right once your down to 2000 grit.

[chemical_ali]

i kinda figured that sanding was my only option. i'll post some pics of this incredible scalloping job soon!

[DannoG]

Be sure to tape off the fretboard before you sand, so you don't get fret metal into the wood.

[Devon Headen]

I had the same problem, and I was just gonna redress all the frets...is that a lot of unnecissary work?

[Brian]

Even with double taping the frets to protect them I have occastional frets getting the wrong end of the contour sander. It's just a matter of polishing down the whole board at that point which usually takes care of any imperfections you do to the exsisting frets.