How to care for this guitar?

[Xypher]

Hi. I have an acoustic guitar with its frets turning yellow and losing its shine. What should i do to rectify this prob? Shd i send for refretting or just use polish ?

Thanks

 

[Gr3y]

buy a planet wave fret polishing system(if u got that spare cash)

buy autosol and masking tapes (if u know how to diy)

send to a tech (got spare cash BUT dunnoe how 2 diy and are very lazy to even try it.)


normally a tech will be more den happy he is doing just a fret polishing job to earn his lunch and dinner!

 

[dric]

hah. yea just get autosol and masking tape.

 

[shredded]

hey, what does the masking tape do?

 

[Black_Death]

prevent the polishing solvent from coming in contact with ur fretboard..

 

[kerplunk182]

i think you can suse fast fret by GHS. Helps your strings too

 

[Phanto]

eh wonder if lemon oil, is cooking oil squeeze one fresh lemon inside

 

[jimz]

Yes. Use masking tape to stick and cover the wooden fretbaord then use autosol with aold cotton t-shirt to polish the frets. It will turn shine after a few rubs. After you finish polishing for 1 hour on all the frets, peel of the masking tape and apply lemon oil on the wooden fretboard.

 

[repulse87]

lemon oil is not made of lemon. its mainly petroleum distillates but with an added lemon scent to it. its called lemon oil mainly due to its colour.


i personally stay away from autosol. it does wonders to clean up metal parts, but i wouldn't want autosol to seep into the fretboard. I'd suggest steel wool grade 0000 (bought from your nearby homefix/DIY shop), similarly with masking tape.

tape the masking tape at the fretboard (wooden) region around the frets, as close to the fret as possible. get the steel wool and start polishing the frets. the masking tape ensure that the steel wool does not sand your fretboard. i've had perfect results with this. but!

ensure the masking tape is taped as close to the frets as possible
tape up your pickups as well, especially the neck one nearer to the frets. steel wool will be attracted to the magnets in your pickups.
spread some newspaper around where you're gonna do it, so it doesn't get all messy with steel wool fillings around.

Hope this helps.

 

[eugen3]

wah, why tape tape tape. lousy tape can leave sticky residue on your fingerboard or neck and i surely wont want that.


just get the planetwaves fret polishing cloth. or the dunlop one. i have it and it works perfect. no need for what funny tape or autosol or what steel wool. and its only like 5 bucks for 3 sheets i think

 

[Phil]

I personally do not like to use masking tape. I find that it dries up my fingerboard, leaves pale markings.
Hence I cut a template of the fret when I polish with autosol or brasso.

 

[le_Doucereux]

I use surgical tape to tape up the fretboard.. Doesn't leave residue.. Then Brasso.. Sounds crude, I know, but so far, there've been no undesirable long term effects and my frets turn out fantastic.. Just gotta be careful, that's all..

 

[Black_Death]

i use brasso too.keeps the frets good..hehehe..

 

[ciel]

i use brasso too. main reason is autosol is a paste and it can be a pain and leave white residue if it gets to your fretboard and not to mention its messy.

as always tape before u polish

 

[le_Doucereux]

The thing I like about the Brasso is not so much how the frets look after, but how the feel.. Smoooooth.. Mmm...

 

[eugen3]

but to think of it, the fret cloth really does the same results as brasso and it's much more convenient, no need for all the templates and stuff

 

[Phil]

Does it achieve the same result as Brasso? If it does than it is a viable option and I might be keen to check it out as well.

But Brasso on frets is total shining glory.