polishing fretboard mistake?

[suprswd]

i used 000 fine grade wool, lightly on the fretboard

 

and then i wiped it down with a papertowel (all the shavings, there werent that much)

 

and then i topped the whole guitar off with

 

http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/images/ACC/GG950.jpg

 

(gibson polish)

 

now my fretboard feels dry, and squeaky.

 

bad or good? i used it on the bridge too, hence the "safe for ALL finishes".

 

hope i didnt mess my baby up

 

thanks for the help guys. if you havent noticed ive been trying to be less troll-like.

 

 

~Logan:wave:

[suprswd]

bump for tomorrow morn'

[t60 fan]

So how's it look?

[JasmineTea]

What do you mean by "shavings"?

FWIW, I use OrangeGlo. Spray a little on, let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes, wipe it off. Cleans the crud and oils the board at the same time.

[t60 fan]

Originally posted by JasmineTea What do you mean by "shavings"? FWIW, I use OrangeGlo. Spray a little on, let it sit for 10 or 15 minutes, wipe it off. Cleans the crud and oils the board at the same time.

 

 

Where do you get it, JT? Does it darken the board?

[JasmineTea]

Originally posted by t60 fan Where do you get it, JT? Does it darken the board?

Hardware store. I guess it darkens the board some, but no more than other oils would. It's got real orange oil in it.

[nylon rock]

You started off wrong right out of the blocks. You're suppose to use 0000 steel wool. But I suppose it's all the same once you work it around a little.

Once in a while I use petros fingerboard oil, a little bottle that will last you a lifetime, to give the rosewood a rich look, nothing more.

If you think you screwed up. You could wait a week or so, to let the oils in whatever you used evaporate as far as is reasonable, and to make sure that you don't work anything more into the grain.

Then use just plain water, hopefully to extract any solids that have been left varnishing the surface. Let it dry, repeat, using more fresh water, which you always blot away, rather than let evaporate, to remove the former coating. You'll get rid of something this way, and you won't attack your fingerboard with any harsh caustics or acids.

Then stop and reasess.

[suprswd]

i was going to buy some lemon oil today at the hardware store, but it was like $10, and the bottle was huge.

-_-

i dont know what do to, my fretboard+frets are squeaky clean now, and i dont really like it.

its way cleaner now, before the fret dot markers were like, the same color as the rosewood.



~Logan:wave:

[Cldplytkmn]

its safe for all FINISHES, but probably not ideal for bare wood...

i doubt you hurt anything at all, but i'd try to get as much of the stuff off as possible with the steel wool again, and then use some kind of oil... there's all kinds of oils that will work

[suprswd]

:/

i dont wanna change strings again

[babablowfish]

:/ i dont wanna change strings again

Then don't. It's your choice entirely. If you choose to stay with what you have now then you've got what you chose. On the other hand, if you want to do a good job on your fingerboard then I guess you'll be changing those strings.

[suprswd]

its no biggie right?

as long as my fretboard doesnt get destroyed

its just oil-less now, squeaky clean.

itll get greased up again in a few weeks.