Step 3 – Cleaning the Fret Board
There are other schools of thought out there that you should use a more interrogating product such as 000/0000 steel wool (finest grade possible) to ensure that the real hard stuff that’s caked onto the fret board gets taken off, as well as try and polish off each fret. You should cover up the metal pickup covers to avoid the particles of steel wool from sticking to them magnets! It’s very hard to get micro steel wool t off a magnet one by one. I prefer to leave these techniques to the professionals for if the steel wool is abused, it can cause a lot of damage. If a little extra elbow grease is used it can also do the trick.You can also use some Lemon Oil to clean the fret board. Same process just a stronger compound and less interrogating than some of the other products out there.
A formula of 1/3 vinegar, 2/3 water can also work well for the stronger grime.
To ensure the fret board holds its integrity some apply some fret board oil to it. This is applied very sparingly and very rarely but in the same fashion; by dripping a few drops onto the cloth (use a clean cloth for every new chemical used) and then rubbing it in. We don’t want to saturate the fret board, rather just apply enough to ensure that the fret gets a very light oiling, its not an engine.
Mineral oil is also recommended and can be found more easily than some fret board oil, applied in the same fashion.
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