Members newcomer Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 I'm finally gonna give a shot at leveling some frets. I have an old neck to try first so I won't screw up anything I really care about. My question for the fellows on here who do this stuff is what kind of sand paper and where to get it from, should i use. I'm looking at the stewmac stuff but there are quite a few options. so any help would be appreciated. I should mention I'm going to use a carpenter level to do the leveling with I think. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 I start with a flat file... mark all the frets with a magic marker and lightly run the file along to knock off the high points. You may need to repeat a couple of times. Before I go to sandpaper I crown them (crowning file) and dress the edges with cheap little hobby file. Then I move to 400 grit sandpaper... just ordinary stuff that you can get anywhere. Finish off with 600-800 grit or very fine steel wool to polish. If you use steel wool, be sure to tape off your pickups or you'll have a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rsgars Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 http://www.fretrefinishing.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 I had a sheet of 220 and 400 grit sandpaper. I found a flat scrap piece of plywood about as long as the neck and 2 inches wide that I made sure was straight with a good straight edge and used some double sided tape to stick a strip of each sandpaper on each side (I needed to use 2 strips). It worked great the 2 times I've used it with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flip333 Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 http://www.fretrefinishing.com/ I've used this several times. It does the job quick and easy. I still like to polish the frets afterward with 0000 steel wool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted April 15, 2008 Members Share Posted April 15, 2008 I bought a sharpening stone for the last few jobs I did and it worked really well. I got the idea from some video of one of those high speed techs using one. I went cheap so it is starting to show some wear and I don't trust it as much, but I do plan on getting one of those diamond sharpeners. Stew Mac sells them for like $40-60 I think and I am going to do some shopping around. Its a nice big chunk of metal and the diamond shouldn't wear out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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