Mornin Spacey-Got it and have started the ASSAULT

And maybe something to polish the Fret wires as well?  Feel a little gritty from sitting so long

I think many recent Gibsons with the "ebony" boards are dyed with Black stain to further *ebonize* them.

I have an 1990's SG like that.

The rosewood boards are treated differently.


Common furniture store brands of lemon oil are usually made up of mineral spirits and a small bit of lemon essence.

I've used a particular bottle of lemon oil on my fret boards for a couple decades. The label has faded and the plastic bottle looks dingy. A single drop, or maybe two, on an old white T-shirt rag will cover the entire fret board.

I use a toothbrush to get the grime that packs near the fret out... the drier the better as I don't want to force oil down into the fret slot.

Once every decade or so I take some 600 and 1200 sand paper and polish the frets with wooden radius sander blocks that I got from Stew Mac.

best regards,
mike

If you want to do more than shine them with steel wool...
these are much better than sand paper and will last much longer...
wash 'em off and ready to go again.

They will make them sparkle. lol.

They can be had at woodworking sights in a larger size pad.
 
 
The 600 grit sandpaper is great if there are pretty bad scratches on the
the fretwire. That or 400 grit used lightly.
But for just cleaning and shining...steel wool and pads.

Those pads seem real nice.

1500 thru 120000. Wow!






Here's the info on the Formby's:


PRODUCT NAME
   FORMBY'S* Lemon Oil Treatment
MANUFACTURER'S NAME                           EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NO.
   FORMBY'S                                    (216) 566-2917
   10 Mountainview Road
   Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
DATE OF PREPARATION                           INFORMATION TELEPHONE NO.
   17-OCT-02                                   (800) 523-9299
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          Section 2 -- COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS
% by WT       CAS No.  INGREDIENT             UNITS          VAPOR PRESSURE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   74      64742-47-8  Heavy Aliphatic Solvent
                            ACGIH TLV  Not Available                 0.1 mm
                            OSHA  PEL  Not Available
   25      64741-89-5  Paraffin Oil
                            ACGIH TLV      5  mg/m3 as Mist
                            OSHA  PEL      5  mg/m3 as Mist
    1     Proprietary  Odorant
                            ACGIH TLV  Not Available
                            OSHA  PEL  Not Available
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best regards,
mike

I don't think I've ever gone over 1200 without switching to rouge wheels.

:-)

These pads you are suggesting eliminate the need for a lot of tooling and a space to make a "rougey" mess in.


Good stuff.

best,
mike