Help with Fret polishing on my strat!

Retroverbial · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:11 am

tbazzone wrote:

Get scotch brite

+1!

Right on, TeeBee.

Arjay

Martian · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:12 am

Not to discourage the OP or anyone else for that matter but proper fretwork is a far cry from replacing a pickguard, an output jack or something along these lines. Contrary to what seems to be an increasingly popular mindset, fretwork is a very exacting process and in the hands of too many nowadays, frets along with their fingerboards can, will and do get destroyed quite easily. This is a task where one can't simply read a book, watch a video and 'wing it'. It takes much skill and practice where one's best bet is to be supervised in a formal setting as one learns.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

Retroverbial · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:18 am

Martian wrote:

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

Martian, your "IMO's" have saved many an FNG from their own naiveté and exhuberance.

The OP would be wise to heed them.

:lol:

Arjay

Rebelsoul · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:56 am

Martian wrote:

Not to discourage the OP or anyone else for that matter but proper fretwork is a far cry from replacing a pickguard, an output jack or something along these lines. Contrary to what seems to be an increasingly popular mindset, fretwork is a very exacting process and in the hands of too many nowadays, frets along with their fingerboards can, will and do get destroyed quite easily. This is a task where one can't simply read a book, watch a video and 'wing it'. It takes much skill and practice where one's best bet is to be supervised in a formal setting as one learns.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

This bears repeating....after 40+ years of playing,repairing,replacing pickups and setting up my own guitars,I don't do fretwork.
That's why I took my '59 RI with the 6105 fret speed bumps to a great luthier/tech here in the Nashville area,he lowered them recrowned and polished them and I picked it up yesterday,he did a fantastic job,they feel more like vintage and still are full...I'm now happy with it,and best of all...it's a professional job!

Andybighair · **Joined:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:22 am **Posts:** 2175

Martian wrote:

For over 40 years, I have and continue to use 0000 steel wool along with the finest grade of wet or dry silicone carbide being 600 grit. Upon completion, there is NO unnecessary abrasion of the frets, the crowns are fully intact, the frets look like glass and with due diligence, absolutely no shards of steel wool wind up where they shouldn't.

I too use 0000 wire wool to polish my frets without issue.

As long as the pickups and controls are covered its all good.

Andy

dr. jimmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:41 am

Andybighair wrote:

Martian wrote:

For over 40 years, I have and continue to use 0000 steel wool along with the finest grade of wet or dry silicone carbide being 600 grit. Upon completion, there is NO unnecessary abrasion of the frets, the crowns are fully intact, the frets look like glass and with due diligence, absolutely no shards of steel wool wind up where they shouldn't.

I too use 0000 wire wool to polish my frets without issue.

As long as the pickups and controls are covered its all good.

Andy

+1,000

I've been using 0000 for years, be sure to tape off the pickups first, and if you do get a few strands there, just use the sticky side of the tape to pick them up.

rocksound · **Joined:** Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:39 pm **Posts:** 14

digby wrote:

The short answer is, YES there is a difference, otherwise they would be labelled the same. 000 is much more coarse that 0000 and will do more than polish, it will remove material from the frets, ane leave scratches in them.

It is not advisable to use steel wool anywhere near a completed guitar because of the risk of damaging the electronics with the small pieces of steel that are shed when you use it. They get trapped by the pups (magnetism) and can find their way into the pots or cause short circuits.

I'm think same with you. have a good day my friend.

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