kimonostereo
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It was NGD yesterday, but before I show it off, the guitar needed a good cleaning.
Spent some time buffing out swirl and pick scratches from the surface, cleaning up the bridge... next is cleaning up the fretboard. I already went over it with 0000 steel wool, but I'm left with some dark stains in the maple.
Anyone have suggestions on how to get this cleaned up before I do the gunstock oil treatment?
These are the before shots...
The neck looks a little cleaner than what's shown, but still has the dark stains.
In the past, I've used 800/1000/1500 sandpaper to clean this type of thing up. Just wondering if there were other methods that you've tried and used? Sometimes I feel like I'm working on guitars way more than playing them.
Spent some time buffing out swirl and pick scratches from the surface, cleaning up the bridge... next is cleaning up the fretboard. I already went over it with 0000 steel wool, but I'm left with some dark stains in the maple.
Anyone have suggestions on how to get this cleaned up before I do the gunstock oil treatment?
These are the before shots...
The neck looks a little cleaner than what's shown, but still has the dark stains.
In the past, I've used 800/1000/1500 sandpaper to clean this type of thing up. Just wondering if there were other methods that you've tried and used? Sometimes I feel like I'm working on guitars way more than playing them.
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