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Title: Cleaning the fret board & tailpiece Qs
Post by: tcube on January 10, 2011, 03:54:08 PM

Over the years, the fingerboard will accumulate finger oil and 'gunk'.  What do you use to clean that off?  There are posts on oiling the fretboard, but I don't see anything on cleaning.  
 
Is the tailpiece plated on an 81 Distillate?
 
Thanks!

Title: Cleaning the fret board & tailpiece Qs
Post by: lbpesq on January 10, 2011, 06:34:45 PM

Terry:  
 
I use pure lemon oil for both for oiling and cleaning.  I use a piece of aquarium filter material that is sort of like a scrubby, but any plastic sponge-like thing made for non-stick pans (i.e. not very abrasive) will work fine.  I put lemon oil on the board, rub it with the scrubby, and wipe it off.  It gets rid of finger grunge very effectively.  Once clean I'll dab a little more oil on, wait about 15 minutes, then wipe off any that hasn't been absorbed.  If the board hasn't been oiled in a while, it will really suck up the oil, often in less than a minute.  If that's the case, I put on more oil and keep repeating until the oil stops being sucked up right away.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: Cleaning the fret board & tailpiece Qs
Post by: tcube on January 10, 2011, 07:28:13 PM

Bill,  Thanks much.  I did just what you said except using a paper towel. The lemon oil removed the gunk.