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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Nov 29, 2023 17:52:58 GMT -5
So I finally changed the strings on my guitar today. I’m thinking once, maybe twice a year isn’t too often. And it only took about an hour. But that’s not the important thing. I’ve discovered a product that you will want to use on your fingerboard. At some point, I don’t know when, Anita had some work done on some piece of wooden furniture. As a parting wood care gift, the wood worker gave her a bottle of Howard Feed-n-wax, to clean, shine and keep the wood looking nice. For years that bottle sat in the closet with all the other cleaning supplies, untouched. Until this Thanksgiving, when we were madly cleaning the house before family showed up. She used a little bit on some furniture, and my god, it was like magic. The wood stuff glowed like it was lit from within and there was no greasy residue. It says on the label it’s got bees wax and orange oil. Anyway, my fretboard was a little bit grimy looking so I put a smidge on a clean cloth and proceeded to wipe down the fretboard. After a minute I used a dry cloth to wipe away any excess. Damn! That fretboard is looking good! Mike says check it out. www.howardproducts.com/product/feed-n-wax-wood-polish-and-conditioner/Mike
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Post by majorminor on Nov 29, 2023 18:02:52 GMT -5
Several months ago I had a Les Paul gold top with a beautiful dark and landscaped Madagascar board re fretted. When I got it back the fretboard was much lighter and rose colored due to resurfacing the board. I didn't want to wait 5 more years for it to turn dark again so started researching conditioners to darken. That Howard Feed & Wax made the shortlist and there are a lot of on line raves. I wound up Q-tipping a light application and quick wipe off of Music Nomad F1 fretboard conditioner and it did wonders.
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Post by epaul on Nov 29, 2023 18:17:25 GMT -5
So I finally changed the string on my guitar today. I’m thinking once, maybe twice a year isn’t too often. And it only took about an hour... Mike So, which string did you replace?
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Post by Marty on Nov 29, 2023 18:19:01 GMT -5
I've been using orange oil for many years to condition fingerboards and remove the slight blush in old varnished surfaces and make it glow again. Getting real orange oil in small amounts like 4oz is difficult. 4oz is still a lot for most of you as it only take a few drops to do a fingerboard and I think what I have is a 20oz bottle that I get at Rockler. Lemon oil is not the same thing as it is just mineral oil with a lemon scent. It will work just fine but I still prefer orange oil.
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Post by Marty on Nov 29, 2023 18:19:43 GMT -5
So I finally changed the string on my guitar today. I’m thinking once, maybe twice a year isn’t too often. And it only took about an hour... Mike So, which string did you replace? He beat me to it.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Nov 29, 2023 19:00:08 GMT -5
So I finally changed the string on my guitar today. I’m thinking once, maybe twice a year isn’t too often. And it only took about an hour... Mike So, which string did you replace? Does it matter? You don’t want to rush into these things. Mike
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