Help!!!! Fret oxidation!!!!

[Kyokkai]

Anyone knows how to cure the prob and get rid of fret oxidation? Cos I really hate it when the frets oxidize.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

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[penta-tonic]

no choice gotta always polish your frets each time u change strings if u dont like the oxidation. you could blame it on the high humidity singapore has or how reactive the nickel silver is to the air. get stainless steel frets, they dont have that issue, but thats another can of worms for another day.

for me i use brasso and a cloth and use masking tape to cover the board when im having a go at the frets.

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

Fret polishing cloth... Hahah. Expensive for a poor student like me though.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

then save up and get it.

Being poor is not a problem, problem is being poor and not wanting to work hard in getting the right thing for the right usage.

If wanna be cheap, hehe, go get sand paper, the finest grade one and sand the fretwire. And if still wanna save, then use penknife, scrap off the surface.

 

[cool-beans]

The fret polishing clothes are one-time use only? My frets are turning green I think

 

[paradox.]

hahaha. yeaps 1 time only, i think, i use it once. the cloths just turn brown, i dont think washing it will work.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

the whole surface area of the polishing cloth is still much bigger then the fret wires, so one piece of it will prolly clean up quite a few wires at one go or even 1 whole geetar.

Afterall i guess for most, the oxidation is not from fret 1 to 22/24/666 or having geetar 66 to 666, so the polishing cloth prolly wont be used up so fast.

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

True. But guitar maintenance is sucking me dry... Fret polishing cloth (i do buy it, by the way), lemon oil, Axwaxx, string cleaners, cloths... maybe it's time to cut the guitars.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

hehe, guitar maintenance already sucking budget dry?

Focus is wrong somewhere, spend more time to write music instead.

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

Thanks for suggestions. I'll try to cut the the guitars and step up the songs.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

hmm, anyway, just curious, how many geetars are there?

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

Currently, 6... Although two will remain. For sentimental value.
For a time i was concentrating collecting guitars, the different shapes. I have 2 strats, one is a HSH, one is SSS. One Paul, one Semihollow, an acoustic and a project. TIme to trim it down.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

oh well, 6 is alright, as long as theres use for it to do music you wanna...

imho

 

[Jumpin'Jellybean]

Keeping the Paul and the Acoustic and one strat. The rest, maybe can go...

 

[Kyokkai]

Woah...thnx guys..will try the cloth...

 

[relinquish69]

very simple. for rosewood (many many pores), use lemon oil and 00000 steel wool. scrub out dirt and also remove oxidation. killing 2 birds with one stone.

for maple, use Brasso on individual frets. if by any chance the maple is NOT finished, tape up nicely and Brasso the frets. To clean the board itself very little solutions. lighter fluid can only do so much.

try not to use sand paper (even if its the 1500 grit). will makan the frets and in the worst case scenario, you might end up with uneven frets. dun pray pray.

oh btw those materials that I've mentioned all very cheap so no worries. cheap & good leh where to find man.

 

[Kyokkai]

what will happen if the brasso drips onto the guitar's neck and why the diff methods when almost all frets of diff guitar are made of the same metals?

 

[relinquish69]

what will happen if the brasso drips onto the guitar's neck and why the diff methods when almost all frets of diff guitar are made of the same metals?

If maple, should be fine cos hardly any pores. If rosewood, the brasso will leave residues in the pores and it'd not be easy to remove all of it (if removing them all is even possible).

maple is usually finished with a layer of lacquer above. hence safe to use brasso but don't go overboard. frets are the same but the wood different hence different approaches.

 

[funktastic]

Currently, 6... Although two will remain. For sentimental value.
For a time i was concentrating collecting guitars, the different shapes. I have 2 strats, one is a HSH, one is SSS. One Paul, one Semihollow, an acoustic and a project. TIme to trim it down.

wow 6? to think that "no one would trade or buy/sell more than 10 guitars in a life time". lol...
but wow, its a varietey of guitars. i think its quite alright to have one of different configurations and types.