Cleaning fretboard

fjon

So I've decided I want to clean a bit of the gunk off my fretboard.
Is there anything I can use around the house that will help, or any techniques you can recommend?
I know there's probably a bottle of stuff I can buy that costs €25 and does a wonderful job, but I don't really want to fork out for it.

Creamy Goodness

lemon oil.

bought a bottle of it in perfect pitch for €4.95 it does the job

feylya

Lemon oil is the business. Use a flat tooth brush and a cloth too but don't be too rough.

Creamy Goodness

probably best to use a lint free cloth too, you don't want cloth fibres sticking in the fretwire.

feylya

But for the love of god, don't use steel wire unless you know what you're doing

John

A dirty fretboard makes you play faster

It wasn't me!

John2 wrote:

A dirty fretboard makes you play faster

Really? I better go rub muck in my scallops then.

fjon

Cheers!
I'd have to go into a music shop for that though, right?
I don't think I'll be going into town any time soon, so was kind of looking for something else I could use. A toothbrush and water maybe?

John

It wasn't me! wrote:

Really? I better go rub muck in my scallops then.

I don't see what seafood has to do with this

david

I have used mild furniture polish on my fretboard before that I found in the garage, it worked well.

Zombienosh

lem oil tis best, but if you're too cheap/lazy, a good ole duster and polish?

It wasn't me!

I actually reread the oul' scalloping thread there, so much hilarity...

and scallops make great picks for playing faster.

feylya

Don't use furniture polish! Contains silicon. Lighter fluid can be used but lemon oil is best. Unless it's maple... Spit can be used too.

It wasn't me!

Hey feylya, sticky the Scalloping thread, for humour references.

Johnny Storm

fjon wrote:

Cheers!
I'd have to go into a music shop for that though, right?
I don't think I'll be going into town any time soon, so was kind of looking for something else I could use. A toothbrush and water maybe?

Toothbrush, fingernail, edge of plectrum, little bit of soapy water will all work fine. Just go gently and dont let anything soak into the neck (except lemon oil on rosewood fingerboard.) For severe gunk, sparingly use some metholated spirits or similar (lighter fluid? :eek:). Cant go wrong with spit.
I think the key thing is be gentle and careful.

feylya

Johnny, check out what the main ingredient of Lemon Oil is


It wasn't me, yeah I read that a while ago. It's in the Instrument Biki.

Johnny Storm

feylya wrote:

Johnny, check out what the main ingredient of Lemon Oil is

Ehhhhhh .... could it be lemons?

Quattroste

feylya wrote:

But for the love of god, don't use steel wire unless you know what you're doing

Did someone actualy do this! HA! what a muppet........


Hey, wait a minute