How do you treat your ebony fretboard?

Not to hijack the OP's thread but could you give us a bit of detail on this eg. What benefit, how often, with what, etc. Thanks.

 

You’re the first I’ve heard with that problem using it. I’ve used F One in two different ebony boards and one rosewood with no sticky residue. Were they really sweaty nasty before? Maybe you needed another cleaning or received a bad bottle somehow.

 

Just used F-One on my Hot Rods Ebony board and there’s nothing sticky about it. I apply it (little goes a long way) to a towel and work it into the board and then buff it out so to speak. That way there’s no left over residue and your left with just a clean and conditioned board. YMMV

 

I've only known of a couple others with the same issue but most people seem to have no issues... as mentioned YMMV.

 

Tacky and dry is like the worst of both worlds. Dont get all in one shampoo and conditioner. Which is to say, you dont the same substance to clean and to moisturize. Clean with warm water, preferably distilled. Food grade mineral oil for me.

If it is still troublesome try to see if the wood itself has been abraded or roughened.

 

Make sure the fretboard is absolutely clean before you slather on any liquid and redistribute the old gunk...

As mentioned old Credit card for scraping large chunks and than a coarse cloth to wipe the last spots clean.

Larrivee says not to use anything on their ebony fretboards. Finger grease should be enough.

 

Tons of new info for me here, so enjoying this thread. (re-firing up my photo-posting software again too)



Dunlop the common favorite as far as I know - it is for fretboard woods and is NOT the same as "furniture" lemon oil of course. Chemically different from the other great advice . . . I dunno.
But also, maybe the conditioner, with some chemical reaction, caused the gummy unsatisfactory result (?)

fwiw, that is an ebony block below that I'm carving out an ebony bone nut as an experiment, so I am interested if ebony gets different treatment by some experts - very hard, tough to cut and bettin' it is great on the fretboard.



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I'll imagine, if some of ya' maybe jokingly despise one's use of "axe" . . .
then -lol- they must really cringe when I'll use some other terms jus' for variety -

. . . six-string "twanger"
might cause something like a John Belushi coming' into the room and yellin' . . .
"food fight"!

 

Yup, clean the fret board prior to applying any treatment. Naphtha is great for cleaning the board.

 

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I’m not ready to change my TI strings but just how will a fret board conditioner affect the strings if some on the strings? I’m wanting to use a qtip to apply some to my board with the strings on then wipe it off.

 

Spray WD-40 on a cloth slide it under the strings and wipe the strings down with it. Thomastik flats cost $22 a set but will last a year EASY if you follow this simple step.

 

It's really dry here in Albq.
I'd planned to pick up some generic lemon oil somewhere but a tech reminded me that lemon oil is acidic. I can't verify that long-term use would hurt anything but even the good stuff is cheap enough that it's probably worth the expense.
He recommended the F-ONE, I got it for $8.99 at GC.

 

How do you like the F-One?

For myself, I've been extremely pleased with it.

 

Just got home with it, will let you know later this evening.

 

I can imagine that the acidic lemon oil might help clean a dirty fretboard.
Mine are new and needing their first moisture.

 

I'm going to suggest that being an "oil" lemon oil is probably not very acidic.

 

Just an FYI. A little goes a long way. Don't drown it while applying.

 

Yes, true lemon oil would be acidic. However the stuff sold for use on guitars is normally mineral oil with a drop or two of lemon scent. Nothing acidic about it.