Hi,
Thanks for the quick responses. I actually meant I am polishing the fingerboard wood with the wheel. It is a maple fingerboard. The frets are unexposed. During the polishing, it is impossible not to have frets being polished at the same time as the wood, so all the black dirt from the frets spread alll over the fingerboard, making it look terrible. I was able to wipe that off. So, yes of course, when I do polish frets, I always mask the wood. I tried 2 different polish and had the same problem of the wood getting dirty.
I tried:
Meguiar's Swirl Remover 2.0 (which says cutting number 3, light)
And Howard Feed N Wax:
https://www.google.com/shopping/product/349299748191985815?lsf=seller:1135568,store:17659923137995067923,lsfqd:0&prds=oid:12833318350763213953&q=furniture+cleaners+and+polish&hl=en&ei=o1IrZKGaHo-h5NoPqIOtqAM&sts=14&lsft=gclid:Cj0KCQjw8qmhBhClARIsANAtboe01JUmjj2kx_G3tlPAamd65MjTY1KxgEcjEE6mVoWKGRh20oPMZykaAuzJEALw_wcB
Is the type of polish the issue? Or am I not using enough polish?
Glen