dave
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Post by dave on Mar 29, 2007 1:54:26 GMT -7
Technical question - I want to degrease and clean my fingerboard on a nitro finished guitar. Will denatured alcohol (methylated spirit) harm the nitro finish? Its not an experiment I'd like to fail. Are there better solvents for cleaning fingerboards?
I think the previous owner used a siicone spray or oil to smooth things up and it just keeps getting horribly sticky when it gets sweaty. I have tried reoiling with fingerboard oil but I think its time to clean the thing properly and start again. I think a really clean fingerboard feels best and stays fast and I have never been a big fan of the 'go faster sprays' which just seems to make things worse in the end. JMHO
Would like to hear others views and tips.
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Post by mward on Mar 29, 2007 4:23:24 GMT -7
Take your pickguard off and rub a little denatured alcohol under there and see what happens. At first I thought it was a maple fretboard, because you were asking, but then you talk about reoiling it, so I am guess it's rosewood, which in that case just get some of that dunlop lemon oil and clean it with that. It does a good job on manky fretboards. I use it all the time on guitars. For cleaning I always use naptha, it doesn't mess up finishes.
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Post by nitehawk55 on Mar 29, 2007 5:22:10 GMT -7
I use a product called " Simple Green " which is environmentally and skin friendly detergent based cleaner . This stuff used full strength will degrease the dirtyest of guns and the like ( I'm a shooter too ) A 50/50 solution of this will clean the gunk off any fretboard very nice and will not harm any finish . I'm guessing this product is not available in the UK ? If not have you tried any other detergent based cleaner/degreasers?
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dave
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Post by dave on Mar 29, 2007 7:55:21 GMT -7
Take your pickguard off and rub a little denatured alcohol under there and see what happens. At first I thought it was a maple fretboard, because you were asking, but then you talk about reoiling it, so I am guess it's rosewood, which in that case just get some of that dunlop lemon oil and clean it with that. It does a good job on manky fretboards. I use it all the time on guitars. For cleaning I always use naptha, it doesn't mess up finishes. Yes it is rosewood. I have been using Jim Dunlop oil and thats whats been making it worse - its ok for a bit but after an evening playing its gets really sticky, there's something else on the board that is causing this, hence the need for a total clean and degrease.
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dave
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Post by dave on Mar 29, 2007 7:58:25 GMT -7
I use a product called " Simple Green " which is environmentally and skin friendly detergent based cleaner . This stuff used full strength will degrease the dirtyest of guns and the like ( I'm a shooter too ) A 50/50 solution of this will clean the gunk off any fretboard very nice and will not harm any finish . I'm guessing this product is not available in the UK ? If not have you tried any other detergent based cleaner/degreasers? Not detergent as such - I dried a window cleaning solution (mostly water with, I think, some isopropyl alcohol in it) Isopropyl is pretty innocuous and I thought I'd be safe. I was - It didnt work! I could try detergent. Thanks.
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Post by jb on Mar 30, 2007 13:18:17 GMT -7
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Post by herf on Apr 11, 2007 0:36:33 GMT -7
Whatever you do...do NOT use anything with silicon in it. That's one of the worst things you can do. Also avoid any products with waxes or water in them. Get a very high quality furniture oil. Get an expensive bottle, it will last you a lifetime. Put a few drops on a clean cloth and rub. If the furniture oil doesn't work, i.e. you have a ton of grime, then you can use either a plastic scrubber or very fine steel wool (000 or 0000). Rub the steel wool perpendicular to the strings (the direction you bend strings in) and be careful. Excess bits of steel wool can get stuck onto your pickup magnets. Here's more detailed info: www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/011105/1.shtml
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