Dylanwad Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I cleaned my acoustics fretboard and frets with steel wool and then applied some lemon oil last night. It looks great but the frets feel a bit rough while playing. Where am I going wrong with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 what steel wool did you use. I go for 0000 but not all brands are created equal. 0000 liberon brand is wonderful - you could make jumpers from it, 00000 colron is messy, rough and generally not worth buying. Thats ones i know i can get in the UK (axminster for liberon, B&Q for colron), not sure about the rest of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 You could always mask the fingerboard than polish with micromesh and/or a buffing wheel and some metal polish if you want that factory fresh feel (or in this case, probably 1000x better than when it came out of the factory). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I used Oakley fine steel wool (from B&Q), it doesn't have any 0 rating on the pack. I don't have a buffing wheel (But it is now added to the ever growing list of things to buy!) so micromesh papers sounds like a plan! Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billm90 Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 on my frets that suck, I take 1200 grit and sand them a little. I have a dremel with the pencil like externsion, and a mini polishing wheel. I use metal rouge, the stuff that polishes metal, and I polish them up with that. when done, the frets feel slippery. like the strings just want to fall off of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNL Guitar Repair Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 The roughness is on the tops of the frets, yes? Seems like the steel wool you used wasn't fine enough. Get some 0000 and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avdekan Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 the 0000 steel wool that I have (don't remember by which company) equals to around 1500 grit paper, but I usually like going up to 2000 and then buff with a piece of cloth. If you can't find proper steel wool around where you live you can buy some wet sanding papers (no need for micromesh), 1200 - 2000 grit, and just go over the frets with them, then buff, and then apply oil. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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