Great polish

[TonyinNYC]

I don't enjoy polishing my frets, but I recently rediscovered a product I used to use as a kid to polish the metal on my grandfather's boat. Flitz. Non abrasive but cleans and polishes just about anything. I got my tube online but it's also available at boating supply stores. Polishes to a mirror finish after hitting the frets with 600 grit paper. Protect your fretboard though. I have not had any staining but I have only used ebony and rosewood for fretboards.

[Dave Bagwill]

Good tip. I've never seen the stuff but will give it a try.
Dave

[TonyinNYC]

I recently tried to remove some paint overspray on a 64.5 Mustang that had been sitting in a body shop for years and had accumulated quite a bit of paint gunk on it. I tried aggressive compounds of all sorts and none of them removed anything. I finally decided to try the Flitz. It took off the overspray and left the paint shiny as new! Unfortunately, the entire car is covered with overspray so I have a big job ahead of me if I cant find anything else to remove the stuff with!!
It is truly an amazing product. Smells like a petroleum based product and turns black as you use it though, so take care to protect areas you dont want stained. So far, I have had zero issues with staining and the stuff just rubs right off, but better safe than sorry!

[Tim Benware]

When I do find a need to use a polish I use Simichrome.