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dspelman · 08-02-2009, 06:17 PM

Interesting and all -- but I've gotten exactly the same results by using plain old lighter fluid (naptha, as recommended by Gibson before they sold their own fretboard gunk) to clean, 0000 steel wool to polish the frets a bit, and garden variety mineral oil applied to the fretboard.

As for the darkening and subsequent lightening of the fretboard surface mentioned in the posts, you should note that this also happens with mineral oil (and even with that 'lemon oil polish" stuff for furniture, which is generally a mix of mineral oil, naptha as a solvent and absolutely no real lemon oil)). Again, mineral oil is what Gibson recommended before they began to sell their own stuff.

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dspelman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,043 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures Interesting and all -- but I've gotten exactly the same results by using plain old lighter fluid (naptha, as recommended by Gibson before they sold their own fretboard gunk) to clean, 0000 steel wool to polish the frets a bit, and garden variety mineral oil applied to the fretboard. As for the darkening and subsequent lightening of the fretboard surface mentioned in the posts, you should note that this also happens with mineral oil (and even with that 'lemon oil polish" stuff for furniture, which is generally a mix of mineral oil, naptha as a solvent and absolutely no real lemon oil)). Again, mineral oil is what Gibson recommended before they began to sell their own stuff.