Lemon oiling your fretboard

[LEFTY LES]

you probably don't even need to go as far as the steel wool, but if you do, get the finest wool you can find 0000 or higher. Steel wool will actually help polish if it's fine enough. I'd stay clear of sandpaper inless we're talking super high grit 800+. Naptha will also help to clean off any previous oily residue.

but seriously, i can't tell you how good fret doctor is. lemon oil, mineral oil, linseed oil... they're just gonna make your board greasy. they don't soak in as well...

Bore Oil for the Fife and Fret Doctor

Im gonna have to disagree with you on a few things man. When ever I work on my fret board I sand with 600 grit and use 0000 steel wool. Rubbing alcohol, guitar honey and pledge orange oil are staples of mine and have been for years. My fret boards are never greasy. I always allow enough time for it to soak in and then do a complete wipe down with a clean cloth. The sand paper is what allows the oil to soak in. I posted all of this on my thread A Complete Step by Step Pictorial on My Epi's Fretboard Care. Unfortunatly the pics are no longer with it but if you checked it out a few weeks ago when I posted it, you would have seen them.

Please guys like I said and will continue to say...anything that I do to my guitars is what I DO. I strongly suggest that you research everything and learn for yourself what works the best for you. Please dont take anything I say as fact for this is just what I do and what has worked for me over the years.

Thank you guys!!!!

 

[surfer777]

Yeah, I even used 220 into 400 into 0000 steel wool and it didn't harm the fretboard or the inlays at all. The inlays get polished up as the materials get finer. The only mistake I made was using way to much lemon oil, which to me will actually be for the better because in a month I'll be away from the guitar for two years with no one who knows how to care for a guitar at home. It feels a little greasy when I play it but its not as bad anymore, it has soaked in a lot more. But at least I now know not to use too much oil! We learn from our mistakes, right?

 

[LEFTY LES]

Yea man we do!!!