Crowella Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Alright, stupidly, I managed to chip the fretboard while installing frets, and as you might see, I tried sanding that fret down and stuffed that up too (picture for reference) In a situation like this, what should I do? All the frets are hammered in, would it be worth taking them all out some how and sanding the board down? (That's all I really need to say I guess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 You are supposed to save the pieces and glue them back on...seriously... But if you screwed the pooch on the fret job,yes,you can remove the frets,reradius,and sstart over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Yeah, that was the bit I forgot to mention. I knew to do that (and had to in one bit), however, working where I did, I lost them, and couldn't find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhattr88 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Alright, stupidly, I managed to chip the fretboard while installing frets, and as you might see, I tried sanding that fret down and stuffed that up too (picture for reference) In a situation like this, what should I do? All the frets are hammered in, would it be worth taking them all out some how and sanding the board down? (That's all I really need to say I guess) a little superglue (the gel kind, not the water thin) and then sand around the area to mix the sawdust with the glue. i do it all the time. you won't even be able to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I would just redo that one fret. Sawdust fill will show up quite a lot on wood that light. You could also do some "splint" type fills with pieces of the same wood. Looks like that middle fret has some wood areas on the right side that want to pop up. Or maybe it just appears that way and is not actually the case. Anyway, knocking down the whole board to bring it down below the depth of some minor chips seems extreme to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 consider using dyed baking soda set in CYA, check Stew Macs website for this tip on filling chips/dents, you don't want to pull frets and grind your fb down to fix that. what is happening in your fretting process that is causing the chipping??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 What Soap said. +1 What wood is this you are using??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 (edited) New Guinea Rosewood. I've decided for now, I will leave it, and move on to the actual guitar building. If at the end of it I still don't feel happy with the fretboard, I'll fix it up. For now, its two chips that look far more inconspicuous than that photo shows. Thanks for the tips on how to fix it though, I will keep that in mind. Edited March 8, 2009 by Crowella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 perfect opportunity to try that trick in the last Stewmac email where dan has made a bunch of stained baking soda powders to get real close to a matching wood fill color. (problem with sawdust is it turns quite darker when saturated with glue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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