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I polished my frets on my $$ today because i was bored, and i thought i'd post some photos! They looked a bit tarnished, but christ, i didn't know they were THAT bad! Anyways, pix:

All taped up so as not to scuff the wenge fretboard:


Urgh, nasty, dirty frets:


First fret polished (crap photos, it really was a big difference though):




Masking tape off and after a nice coat of lemon oil:


close up, Yum! :



It looks lovely and shiny new now :) good stuff!

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No, No, No, No, No, you've got it all wrong, you're not supposed to make the bass look better.

Try dragging it behind a car or scrubbing it with some sandpaper. Apparently THATS the way to improve it. :)

:rolleyes:

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so what do you use to polish your frets? I use a technique the great Patrick eggle showd me one weekend on a set-up course, with an old t-shirt wrapped tight round a cork sanding block and a little rub of burnishing candle - blue abrasive wax sticks they use on buffing pads. You can give them a great easy shine like this without the need to tape up the fingerboard each time. The other thinig i use that works really well is those 4-sided foam nail polish pads you get from Boots. Great little tool.

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