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Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:07 pm
by Dave Bagwill
What is your best method of getting out fretboard scratches that are right up against the fret? Not close, I mean right there?
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:55 pm
by Kyle Barbour
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.
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:14 pm
by dave d
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.
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:18 pm
by Dave Bagwill
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.
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:42 pm
by Tim Benware
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.
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:47 pm
by ken cierp
Re: Sanding right up to the fret
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:01 pm
by dave d
A very thin card scraper with a slightly burnished hook should work too.