Hey can you give me some good tips

Ive watched a mess of quality Youtube vids on cleaning up the LP neck.

Some say to use Simple Green then Linseed oil to clean and treat the fret board.

Im heading out in about an hour to get chemicalss and some new strings for the LP and Strat.

Thanks 

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

Assuming you're fretboard doesn't have a finish then
lemon oil will work. It sure doesn't take much.
I wipe to clean and the wipe it off well. I don't let oil sit to soak.
 ( I use fretboard oil)

Polishing the wire- I would tape off the neck and the pups with blue painters tape
and buff them with 00000 steel wool.
If your fretboard is scratched then you may want to buff it with the steel wool too.
May want to hit a small area and make sure there are no negative effects on your inlay. Shouldn't be but always good to check.

Go easy and if you have a small vac keep it running to collect all those particles.
 
Burlap is good to use with oil on a natural wood oil finish. It would buff up nicely after
the steel wool. Some even use brown paper bags...I did once and it works too.
 
 
OH....and good morning to you Mike!

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

Here is some very good oil to have around the house.

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.

Thanks a BUNCH guys

Off to go shoppin' and get it all  

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
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   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

They are Mike and here are some
that I prefer over the smaller ones.

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