Clarinet Wood Finish

Guitar care is of prime importance when you want to maintain your instrument and keep it playing the way you want for years to come. With any stringed instrument, the oil and dirt tend to build up on the string and fretboard, and in course of time, behave like an abrasive sand paper working on the fretboard surface, wearing it off and making pits on it. To keep out of the way of this sort of wear, it is necessary to clean the fretboard steadily and seal the surface as well as clean or replace the strings.

When it comes to fretboard repair, you need a lot of goodnatured tolerance and caution to make sure that the fret’s tangs do not chip the fingerboard when removed. You may fix the abrasions among the strings caused by your fingers.

Removing The Fingerboard

To remove the fingerboard, use a special heating blanket to heat the board before you remove it. The neck and fingerboard are collected before painting. So when you distinguished them, the finish line may need to be touched up. Plastic inlays and binding may have to be substituted as the heat applied to soften the glue joint among fingerboard and neck may harm vulnerable pieces. Preferably buy pre-slotted fingerboards since it is for less to buy a slotted fingerboard than to make it from scratch. Use remotion pins to keep fingerboards in position while clamping. Drill a little hole through the fret slot and into the neck to keep the board in proper position with the pins.

Replacing Inlays

You may upgrade from plain white pearl dot markers to more colorful abalone pieces. Using a clean soldering iron to remove it may save a pearl inlay. When the old slot is clean the new inlay may be glued in. Tinting your adhesive to match the board may camouflage the gaps amidst the inlay and the slot. Use epoxy or superglue here. Once the adhesive is cured the inlay may be filed level with the board. Pearl inlay is harder than the wood, so if you use sandpaper you might end up removing more of the board than the inlay.

Polishing And Lubricating

Lemon oil, or any other vegetable based oil, could rot the wood as it decomposes while completely filled into the wood cells and pores of a fingerboard. Do not use silicone-based lubricants on guitars. Use clarinet bore oil, a petroleum product available in most music stores. Scratches may be eradicated with a piece of 400-grit sandpaper to which a few drops of oil are added and then sanding the frets all over the fretboard. Follow this up with a little piece of 500 or 600 grit papers, and at last a piece of 0000 steel wool, all with a bit of oil as a lubricant, to remove dirt and dust. With a soft cloth, clean the surrounding finish, and cautiously wipe down the fingerboard, to wipe off excess oil. 0000 steel wool leaves the frets and the wood nicely polished.

A clean fretboard with polished frets always makes you play a lot better.

Clarinet Wood Finish Photo

Clarinet Wood Finish Pic

Clarinet Wood Finish Picture

Clarinet Wood Finish Pic