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Putting finish on the neck

Posted by Jack Brady on March 31, 2020 at 9:59am in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I am wondering if you guys put finnish on the neck before you put the frets on? I built two now,the first one I used tru oil and the neck was already fretted. All was fine,After putting finish on I leveled and polished the frets. On second build I installed the fretsand the neck was nice and straight,I didnt need to level the frets. I then used spray poly and All seemed good. After playing the frets started feeling rough. It was the strings wearing through a coating of poly. I then taped off the fretboard and used a dremel with polishing wheel to polish the poly off the frets. When I peeled the tape off it pulled the poly off in some areas. I am building another one now and just checking what others are doing. Thanks

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  • Taffy Evans April 1, 2020 at 7:00pm

    Hi, good one Brian Q. I have sprayed many a maple board and that would add so much cost to the job. I have a scraper to clean the frets, when the fingerboard is taped off to dress the frets remove the lacquer then.

    TaffI 

  • BrianQ. April 1, 2020 at 4:34pm

    Here’s an option? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gI1bbS0B_E&list=PLpET_ZZI7rmTZ...

  • Taffy Evans April 1, 2020 at 4:01am

    Hi Jack, I myself do not put any finish on the fingerboard at all. I think when you refer to "neck" you mean fingerboard. The only fingerboards that normally get a finish are the maple ones. On CBG's one can do what ever they wish. 

    I usually rub in a wax that protects the board from finger grime, and add some "life" to an otherwise dry looking fretboard.

    Taff

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