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Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Craig on Fri May 28, 2010 9:51 pm

After about six months with my current set of strings, I've started to notice a fair amount of fretboard grime building up, so is there anything specific anyone can recommend or am I best just washing it with a soapy cloth and a nail-brush?

I do have some fretboard/general guitar wax so I'll probably use that when it's all cleaned up, but not sure what the most fretboard-friendly way of de-griming is?
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby meluaz on Sat May 29, 2010 4:06 pm

Six months? time to get new strings methinks....
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Craig on Sat May 29, 2010 4:11 pm

meluaz wrote:Six months? time to get new strings methinks....


I know, I hardly play every day, so I generally replace strings just as and when I can afford to and when I feel I need to.

I've heard that some of these "orange oil" general purpose de-greasers (furniture type of stuff, but not polish) work pretty well, but I don't really want to try it on a bass that's virtually one of a kind :lol:
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby meluaz on Sat May 29, 2010 4:32 pm

I think it depends on what wood you have on the fret board.
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Craig on Sun May 30, 2010 10:23 pm

I'd take a guess and say maple or ebony, from the little I can find about the bass and the neck colour - at least the neck was maple on the model's guitar variants, but it does look pretty dark.
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Studas on Wed May 11, 2011 10:45 pm

Bit late but try lem-oil followed with fast-fret. Soapy water does the trick but takes ages
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby thrasherdave on Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:15 pm

Aye, lemon oil and fast fret does wonders.
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby James on Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:35 pm

What a humdrum thread Craig has created.
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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Resilience Records on Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:21 am

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Re: Good Fret De-grimer?

Postby Studas on Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:40 am

my michelin stars, I send them back
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