Fingerboard maintenance - lemon oil - carnauba wax

[MasterOfPuppies]

hi i am searching info to take care on the fingerboard of my guitar

i read must be used carnauba wax for rosewood fingerboards and a lemon oil product for ebony fingerboards.

do you know more?

thanx

[Aeroscopic]

I thought lemon oil was acceptable for both ebony and rosewood, just not suitable for maple boards...

[Mister Guitar Himself]

I thought lemon oil was acceptable for both ebony and rosewood, just not suitable for maple boards...

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[marauder]

Best stuff I've ever used is Fret Doctor.

[Sidivan]

a couple drops of lemon oil on an ebony board is exactly what it needs. I read somewhere that it should be a non-silicon product though. I use a bottle I picked up at my local Wal-mart for like, $4.

Also, if you've got the strings off and you're about to oil it up, might as well give it a good cleaning beforehand with some Dunlop or Gibson cleaner. Use your fingernail and a cloth to clean out around the frets - Not a knife or anything - you don't want to loosen the frets. Get's all the grime out and prevents rust on your frets. That ebony will shine like glass afterwards ;)

[SDMFPantera]

i use Dunlop 01 and 02 guitar cleaner and fretboard conditioner, ill have to try the lemon oil for ebony since i recently aquired my first ebony boarded guitar.

[1point8t]

Mmmm...Horizon ebony

[SDMFPantera]

ahh! you keep pooping up about the Horizon!! its crazy!!, its good though im glad yer concernced about er

[MasterOfPuppies]

i bought the gibson fret conditioner and it seems ok ;)

[KH Guitar Freak]

Carnauba wax is for waxing your guitar, not cleaning your fretboard... :p

[MasterOfPuppies]

mm. ok somewhere i read it was meant to be used for rosewood fretboard...

[KH Guitar Freak]

I wax my guitar with mine, but I never use it for fretboards, maybe finished maple fretboard would be fine...

[ESPVIPERCAMO]

use lemon oil period on any rosewood or ebony

[Yo Daddy]

Jaf picked up a bottle of this for me. Awesome stuff. Marauder is spot on.

http://www.beafifer.com/boredoctor.htm

[Metfuk]

Lemon oil is indeed a safe choice.
But I find that lemon oil evaporates too quickly out of my old rosewood fingerboard. When I put a huge amount on it and let it suck in for a while it stays good for like, a couple of weeks. And then it looks dry as a bone again.

I read about some other stuff in a StewMac magazine that's supposed to do the job a lot better but I forgot the name. The article said that lemon oil is nice as a cleaner but not as a long time conditioner.

[espdood]

What would you use for maple boards?

[Bouncepogo]

What would you use for maple boards?

maple doesn't require conditioning as it is sealed. Just give it a clean now and again to remove grime

[bodomfan81]

i find using any kind of systematic maintenance of guitar superficial and irrelevant to playing. people should concentrate on playing and not wiping off every grain of dust from it. I only clean my fretboard when it gets really dirty once in a blue moon using Dunlop 01 02 when changing strings. I almost never clean the body and I don't really give a damn if it's bad for the finish or whatever. You spend all this time cleaning it and when you leave a tiny scratch on it accidentally (and if you play your guitar you will!!! it's guaranteed) pretty much nullifies all your efforts. So I just take it easy :-). From all these cleanings I think the only useful one is string cleaner since it prolongs the life of strings. But I dont even use that because I am just too lazy. :-P

[SYL]

i find using any kind of systematic maintenance of guitar superficial and irrelevant to playing. people should concentrate on playing and not wiping off every grain of dust from it. I only clean my fretboard when it gets really dirty once in a blue moon using Dunlop 01 02 when changing strings. I almost never clean the body and I don't really give a damn if it's bad for the finish or whatever. You spend all this time cleaning it and when you leave a tiny scratch on it accidentally (and if you play your guitar you will!!! it's guaranteed) pretty much nullifies all your efforts. So I just take it easy :-). From all these cleanings I think the only useful one is string cleaner since it prolongs the life of strings. But I dont even use that because I am just too lazy. :-P

:rolleyes:

[arsiscode]

i find using any kind of systematic maintenance of guitar superficial and irrelevant to playing. people should concentrate on playing and not wiping off every grain of dust from it. I only clean my fretboard when it gets really dirty once in a blue moon using Dunlop 01 02 when changing strings. I almost never clean the body and I don't really give a damn if it's bad for the finish or whatever. You spend all this time cleaning it and when you leave a tiny scratch on it accidentally (and if you play your guitar you will!!! it's guaranteed) pretty much nullifies all your efforts. So I just take it easy :-). From all these cleanings I think the only useful one is string cleaner since it prolongs the life of strings. But I dont even use that because I am just too lazy. :-P

If you don't mind how it looks, that is fine. But if you're spending a bunch money on an axe, you might as well make it look nice for all of your adoring fans... or something like that. :rolleyes:

[MasterOfPuppies]

and what to use to clean frets from opacity and rust?

[Metfuk]

i find using any kind of systematic maintenance of guitar superficial and irrelevant to playing. people should concentrate on playing and not wiping off every grain of dust from it. I only clean my fretboard when it gets really dirty once in a blue moon using Dunlop 01 02 when changing strings. I almost never clean the body and I don't really give a damn if it's bad for the finish or whatever. You spend all this time cleaning it and when you leave a tiny scratch on it accidentally (and if you play your guitar you will!!! it's guaranteed) pretty much nullifies all your efforts. So I just take it easy :-). From all these cleanings I think the only useful one is string cleaner since it prolongs the life of strings. But I dont even use that because I am just too lazy. :-P

Are you a noob when it comes to guitar?
If you aren't you would know that you have to regulary condition the fretboard to prevent it from drying out and cracking (fucking up).
Sure you may find cleaning the body useless, but cleaning your fretboard and frets certainly is nescessary.

[SYL]

i find any kind of systematic maintenance of a car superficial and irrelevant to driving. people should concentrate on driving and not wiping off every grain of dirt from it. I only wash my car once in a blue moon using Dildos 01 & 02. I almost never clean the interior and I don't really give a damn if women find it disgusting or whatever. You spend all this time cleaning it and when you leave a tiny scratch on it accidentally (and if you drive your car you will!!! it's guaranteed) pretty much nullifies all your efforts. So I just take it easy :-). From all these cleanings I think the only useful one is changing the oil since it prolongs the life of the car. But I dont even do that because I am just too lazy. :-P


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[borkthrone]

Cleaning / maintaining IMO is as fun as playing... it's like taking care of a nice car, as for maple fingerboards.... dunlop 65 works even though its meant for bodies, the high water content makes it good for cleaning pretty much everything.. just use it sparingly

[espdood]

maple doesn't require conditioning as it is sealed. Just give it a clean now and again to remove grime

Sweet! Least maintenance on a maple board ftw!!

[Butch]

i hear the lemon oils does wonders for your wood.