How do I clean the fretboard of my guitar?
Terry says: Obtain materials as follows: (a) #0000 grade steel wool (hrdwr store) (b) 2″ wide masking tape (hrdwr store) (c) one roll Viva paper towels ( the official TCM polishing cloth!) (d) one pint Watco Danish Oil, natural color (hrdwr store) (e) small chunk red jeweler’s rouge (jewelry shop) (f) one 2″x2″ flat wood block and one 4″x4″ square of really soft tee shirt material or similiar. 1) Use the tape to completely cover the pups. Also, lay down a piece on either side of the fretbaord over the top in order to protect the finish. 2) Using a golf ball sized ball of steel wool, scrub the fretboard lengthwise, polishing all of the frets. Use long strokes with medium pressure, and do not rub away at it for more than 30 seconds. 3) Completely blow away/remove all bits of steel wool from the entire guitar and workbench area. 4) Wrap the cloth two layers thick around the wood block. You are making a hard-backed pad with which to buff the frets. Apply a few stripes of the rouge to the u
