Fingerboard conditioning question.

[Luiz Gustavo]

Can I use a liquid type of wax (carnauba and silicone) in rosewood fingerboards ?

I'm thinking in cleaning it with lemmon oil and after waxing it with this liquid wax.

Next, when dry, a soft cloth to do a little polish, in wood grain direction.

Can I do this ?

I found here a good and thin linseed oil. Can I use it before the wax too ?

 

[OrangeChannel]

You should read the FAQ or use the search function since there was a thread about this like 2 days ago...you should use a high quality Lemon Oil, like Old English Lemon Oil or Formby's, or Dunlop's lemon oil...

 

[tommyindelaware]

Can I use a liquid type of wax (carnauba and silicone) in rosewood fingerboards ?

I'm thinking in cleaning it with lemmon oil and after waxing it with this liquid wax.

Next, when dry, a soft cloth to do a little polish, in wood grain direction.

Can I do this ?

I found here a good and thin linseed oil. Can I use it before the wax too ?

ya don't wanna wax the fingerboard...........

 

[MN246]

ya don't wanna wax the fingerboard...........

I respectively disagree with this statement. I just changed the strings on my Axis day before yesterday, and I wax the fretboard everytime. I use the following procedure:

1. apply a small amount(1 drop about every 3") of lemon oil to the fretboard I use Kyser's Lem-Oil.

2. spread the oil around with my fingers and work it into the fretboard

3. scrub the oiled frets and fretboard with a fine gauge of steel wool

3. remove the dirty oil with a clean towel

4. rub 100% pure caranuba paste wax into the fretboard

5. wipe the excess wax off with a clean towel

On my Axis, which has an oil finished neck, I use the same procedure on the back of the neck as well. This is how I've done all of my string changes for the past 20 years and I've had nothing but smooth playing necks since I started doing it this way. The steel wool really cleans up the frets and doesn't damage the fretboard making bends really smooth.

 

[Sin]

On my Axis, which has an oil finished neck, I use the same procedure on the back of the neck as well. This is how I've done all of my string changes for the past 20 years and I've had nothing but smooth playing necks since I started doing it this way. The steel wool really cleans up the frets and doesn't damage the fretboard making bends really smooth.

I have yet to use an abrasive on my EVH. Would steel wool damage the fingerboard or dot markers at all? What quage steel wool do you suggest I use? Have any of you tried this with bad results? I'm too hesitant to try it, even though I need some sort of abrasive to properly clean myEVH fingerboard. The back of the neck cleans up nicely with Murphy's Oil Soap diluted with water, so I wouldn't be using steel wool there.

Thanks for the help.

 

[MN246]

The steel wool I use is super fine #0000. I've been using this for years. I've had my Axis for over 3 years and have changed the strings monthly, so roughly 36+ times. I've had no bad results.

You don't have to put much pressure on it, just enough that the grime is removed from the fretboard and the frets.

 

[tommyindelaware]

The steel wool I use is super fine #0000. I've been using this for years. I've had my Axis for over 3 years and have changed the strings monthly, so roughly 36+ times. I've had no bad results.

You don't have to put much pressure on it, just enough that the grime is removed from the fretboard and the frets.

i prefer the steel wool too. been using it for many years...........
i only wax the maple though. .........& only once or twice a year.

 

[Luiz Gustavo]

I still have waxed with carnauba and silicone my others rosewwod guitars and they stay fine, clean and smooth.

You even can bend the E and B strings out of the neck, in a violin like effect.

Using steel wool too.

I'm just aplying a tape to the fingerboard and can use stell wool only in frets securely.

Next, I'm doing the steps decribed in 1st post.

But just two or three times a year.