Sanding right up to the fret

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:07 pm

What is your best method of getting out fretboard scratches that are right up against the fret? Not close, I mean right there?

Kyle Barbour · Post by **Kyle Barbour** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:55 pm

I'm hoping for one of those "why the hell didn't I think of that" answers. This is something I hate dealing with also.

dave d · Post by **dave d** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:14 pm

Maybe I've been lucky at this technique, but I've done pretty well with using a razor blade as a scraper. Start at the opposite fret from the scratch and lightly scrape in the perpendicular direction to the frets, i.e., lengthwise down the fretboard, and scrape right up to the fret.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:18 pm

Hasn't worked that well for me, as far as removing the scratches I'm talking about. Maybe I need to re-visit the method.

Tim Benware · Post by **Tim Benware** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:42 pm

ddietz wrote:Maybe I've been lucky at this technique, but I've done pretty well with using a razor blade as a scraper. Start at the opposite fret from the scratch and lightly scrape in the perpendicular direction to the frets, i.e., lengthwise down the fretboard, and scrape right up to the fret.

+1 That's how I do it. I use a stiff box blade not the safety type with only one edge.

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:47 pm

Single edge razor blade as a scraper shown here:

http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/fretdressing.html

dave d · Post by **dave d** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:01 pm

A very thin card scraper with a slightly burnished hook should work too.

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