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hello, ive got 1 as u as well with the maple FB (thx 2 GOD)...but how do u manage to clean this maple fret board...and it has this tinted satin urethane finish...how do u do your maintence and cleaning for it safely??
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The tinted urethane finish is just on the front of the headstock. The rest of the neck is oiled. I have one too, and I just plan on letting it get dirty!Comment
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Get it filthy I say!!Really? well screw Mark Twain.Comment
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lool,,, i know some people like that dirty thing....but JUST in case i want 2 clean it,, any recomendations??Comment
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Just get some Old English lemon oil, or any other lemon oil you can find in your local grocery store or Home Depot or whatever, rub it on with an old rag/T-shirt, use a toothbrush to scrub if it's real dirty.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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On maple ? I wouldn't...Originally posted by toejam View Post
Old 100% cotton t-shirts are JUST AS GOOD as polishing cloths. Microfiber cloths can be better but not by much. So cut up an old undershirt and use it.I like EL34s.Comment
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Trust me, it's fine on maple. Lemon oil is a great cleaner.Originally posted by Grim View PostI feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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I think that i read Many times Guys TOTALLY REFUSING the USage of Lemon oil on maple!!
However many Others Recomended it!!!
I'm Really Confused!!!!!!!! :think:
And on Dunlop bottles its written DONT USE ON MAPLE!!
So can Someone PLZZZ
Tell ME A TrUSTED WAY TO DO IT (Rather than steel wool and lemon Oil)...Thanks Guys
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Okay, what your really gonna need for maple if you want to do it right is...
3 gallons of extra virgin olive oil
7 large beach towels
1 Cock ring (2 if you have someone helping you)
1 air compressor
1 pneumatic brad nail gun (again, 2 if you have a helper)
Oh damn, dinner is ready. Maybe Rsmacker can share his method using those tools, sorry I have to run.GTWGITS! - RacerXComment
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HEllbat...u r so funny, but can we skip the topic of u being funny as hell and leave a room for someone who can really help!!
& lets make a new thread named Hellbat is funny as HellComment
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I think Dunlop has some other crap in their lemon oil besides mineral oil that is not good for maple.
Carvin advises you to use lemon oil on their maple necks that are tung oiled on both the neck and fingerboard. I even used it on a Carvin bolt-on neck that was raw maple and had no finish whatsoever. You'll be fine.
Hell, the old Jackson/Charvel owner's manual said to use Vaseline... all that is, is mineral oil, like what you'd find in lemon oil. Baby oil is also fine. Jimmy D'Acquisto, the acoustic guitar maker, has recommened 10W30 or 10W40 motor oil for oiling a fingerboard.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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hmm,, that's some nice info toejam, i also want to say this, i asked fender and they told me 2 use polish and then little lemon oil every now and then, but i'm just kinda paranoid.... so i just wanted 2 make sure...so its just pure lemon oil and not the dunlop...but i live in Egypt and incase i didnt find that pure lemon oil, any other recomendations guys and i am also asking for alternatives since many other guys are REFusinG maple with lemon oil with their lives!! so if any plllllzzz ..make my dayComment
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Fugg it - leave that sucker dirty and spunkified!-------------------------
Blank yo!Comment
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It's not so much that lemon oil is bad for MAPLE, but more that, usually maple boards have a poly or lacquer finish on them, so you have to use a cleaner that is safe for the finish.
Actual lemon oil can soften lacquer, but the naphtha that is in typical "Lemon Oil" treatments (like Formby's) won't hurt it. And, the naphtha is what actually does the cleaning.
Basically naphtha (lighter fluid) is a cleaner/degreaser that is safe for lacquer and poly finishes and will be fine for use on about any fretboard, finished or not. So, just go get a can of Ronsonol or Zippo lighter fluid and use that to clean the board.
Don't smoke while you do it.
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