Members kulardenu Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 I once had a guitar tech tell me how he uses a Dremel with a rubber head attachment to clean/polish off frets without any abrasion to the fret. He claimed it does a super job quick & easy. Has anyone else ever used this method? I do know that a pencil eraser works wonders to clean off battery contacts so this does seem plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steadfastly Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 I don't see why that wouldn't work. It sounds like a good idea, actually, especially since Dremels are very high rpm units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody_in_MN Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 A pencil eraser would work too. Really - I'm not that concerned with fret wear - I use a very very fine steel wool. - w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted April 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 Thing is with steel wool don't you have to protect the fret board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 Never Dull in the silver can to clean. Very fine abrasive cloth to polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarNoobie Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 i've seen threads where people used leather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WildWill Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 I kinda thought this thread was gonna be about moderator masturbation. I'm quite relieved that it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarAl96 Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 steel wool, use masking tape to protect the fretboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashasha Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 Never Dull in the silver can to clean. Very fine abrasive cloth to polish. This is the best answer IMHO. Steel wool requires that you tape off your pickups because the shavings love to get all in there. And if you get some on your body, well enjoy the cheap relic job when cleaning up, it'll scratch the crap out of it. And even using #0000 it isn't as smooth as Never Dull. I also did the Dremel thing for a while (used pads and compound so it is different). It made a mess everywhere which I suppose you wouldn't have. But the thing about anything Dremel is that it wears out really fast and it is usually more expensive than its really worth. And that high speed bit has to be causing some kind of extra wear. Never Dull takes all of 5 minutes, you don't have to tape anything off to be honest and it cleans up with a paper towel. And the frets are like pure glass. A $5 can would probably cover about half of BBreaker's collection. I can't recommend it highly enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphamarquis Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 nevrdull is the {censored}. I use the steel wool method when I am crown and levelling to get that extra nice polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frankie pajamas Posted April 2, 2010 Members Share Posted April 2, 2010 I use 8000 grit sandpaper and it works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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