fret cleaning

[Chopstick]

Not a building question more a maintenance one.

Just curious having played guitar for almost 20 years, one thing I normally do when changing string is to polish the frets with still wool and oil the frets themselves. I usually just use 0000 steel wool with some plastic over the wooden area so as not to scratch them, but I wondered if anyone else has any guitar cleaning/ maintenance tips they might like to share.

[kiwigeo]

When cleaning up frets after a fret job I use the dinky little tool made by Stewmac. Its a sanding stick with a loop of very fine wet and dry stretched over it. The stick has a grooved end so it fits over the fret and when paper gets worn you just move the loop of paper around a bit. See Stewmacs website for pic of the tool.

Steelwool should be ok, just dont go attacking your frets with Brasso..it's quite corrosive.

[Paul B]

I use a polishing wheel on my dremel. Dremels buffing compound is pretty good stuff to use with these wheels. Mask off the fretboard and go at it. Frets come up like glass.

[gratay]

Not a building question more a maintenance one.

Just curious having played guitar for almost 20 years, one thing I normally do when changing string is to polish the frets with still wool and oil the frets themselves. I usually just use 0000 steel wool with some plastic over the wooden area so as not to scratch them, but I wondered if anyone else has any guitar cleaning/ maintenance tips they might like to share.
I pretty much do what you describe ...I've never oiled the actual frets though......and if its a rosewood or ebony fingerboard i also use lemon oil on the fingerboard....but i never put anything on a fingerboard with a finish on it like a maple neck...just elbow grease