I'm GreenMountainBob and this is my first post to this forum, so please give me a break if I screw something up.
Can anyone give me good advice on polishing frets on a guitar.
I own a Martin JC-16 RGTE Premium and bought it new several years back from the local Martin dealer. Anyway, it has a micarta fretboard, which is of course extremely hard and seem to never wear from normal use.
As you might know, micarta boards do not "give" as wood fretboards will. I've already had the frets leveled twice on the guitar because of wear (I admit that I do fret hard) and the last time the Martin certified repairman said if the frets need work again in the future, he will have to replace all the frets. I use a range of .10, .11, .12, and have even used .13 a time or two. Right now, I'm using .11 light bronze phosphorous.
Which leads me back to my original question. I was recently watching a guy on a You Tube Channel (Rosa Strings) who demonstrated how to polish frets without damaging the fretboard. But either I missed it or he did not say what he uses to polish worn or discolored frets after cleaning the fretboard on the guitars he services. The frets after he polished them glistened they were so bright.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to what to use to polish frets after cleaning the fretboard? Thanks for advice.
Second question, would anyone recommend using lemon oil to clean the micarte fretboard? And wipe it clean right after application?
Bob
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