Sanding Stew-mac Fretboard

[boundsteelblues]

What grit do you start with for sanding a stew-mac preslotted fretbaord?

[Bmth Builder]

Do you mean to radius the board? 80 is a good start for bulk wood removal.

[Bionic Dave]

40 is good for a small radius like 7's 9's and even 10" or 12"

i start with 60 on 16" and 20"

Dave

[boundsteelblues]

No, it is already radiused at 12. I mean to bring it up to shine.

[Ripthorn]

I would start at 320 or 400 and work up to at least 1000. A real shine needs more like 2000 grit (but work your way up to it, of course).

[Bionic Dave]

I personally would start at 220 and go to 2000 the polish with fine and extra compound and buff wheels. thats how I do all mine.

But you can't do this unless you have the 12" radius block. if you free hand it you will lose your radius.

[Johnny Foreigner]

I personally would start at 220 and go to 2000 the polish with fine and extra compound and buff wheels. thats how I do all mine.

But you can't do this unless you have the 12" radius block. if you free hand it you will lose your radius.

only up to a certain point, tho. Above 1000 I switch to little micromesh pads and just use fingers - they're not taking off any significant material so they can't spoil the radius.

[ihocky2]

I've found I like the results better by going up to 800 and then using a gray scothbrite pad and then a white scotch brite pad. I tried sanding up to 2000 grit and got a nice result, but even with 2000 grit the scotchbrite seemed to bring a little better shine after sanding.