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Discovered a new trick while cleaning my guitar...

  • 15-08-2008 2:57pm
    #1
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭


    ...no, not a playing trick but a cleaning one rather.

    The frets on my tele were starting to look pretty dull and dirty, not really good with vibrato or bends. So, I was thinking of ways to clean them. I know most people use 0000 grade steelwool but thats a mess when it comes to cleanup and can stick to the pickups.

    So I had a brainwave.... I grabbed a cloth and a bottle of Safecut (similar to T-cut) and got to work. A little bit of safecut on the cloth for each fret with a few quick rubs and a polish afterwards and voila!! The frets look awesome now, very shiney and smooth. Probably better than it was from the shop! :D

    Word of warning, be careful with the fretboard when using this stuff. I used it on a maple necked guitar that was lacquered (poly) and it was fine. For other woods I'd suggest masking either side of the fret so you don't get a lot of the stuff on the board.

    Be careful, and don't blame me if you screw your guitar up! :D


Comments

  • #2
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Interesting. Don't suppose you have any before and after/during pics?


  • #3
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    I'll take some after pics. As for before pics, I might have a few floating around.... I'll have a look. :)
    It made a hell of a difference though. I'm going to do the same on one of my basses that's due a string change.

    Can I just point out for others though, it's not going to solve any problems you might have with worn frets or frets that need levelling. But it's a cheap, simple and quick way of polishing frets.

    I can take some pics of me doing the same thing to do the bass. :D


  • #4
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Very interesting. I hate dirty fretboards, they make the guitar feel damn cheap, might look into this.


  • #5
    Demeyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Demeyes


    I've seen it done like this before. There is a bit of info on it here with some pictures too.

    http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-org-workbench/37482-restring-fret-polish-without-steel-wool.html

    I've used the planet waves thing that comes with these polishing cloths and fret templates, it came free with a multipack of strings. It worked out fine and had my frets looking lovely again after a few minutes work.


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