clean your fretboard with Mr Sheen?

[MacDaddy]

Do we have to use expensive oils or will Mr Sheen etc do the job? Or is it a big no no?

[booboo]

Only vintage tort mr sheen will work. It's also recomended that you do the polishing under a 60w buld which is wired with vintage cloth covered wire.

[HowieBass]

I think ordinary polish might leave it sticky though I suppose you can buff it out, depends what your fingerboard material is. I use a little raw linseed oil on my rosewood boards.

[martthebass]

Tiny bit of lemon oil once per year......job done.

[Billy Apple]

Apparently Mr Sheen is the worst thing you could ever use EVER. Some chap will be along later to repeat the word 'no' in block caps. I don't know why it's worse than Satan's jizz, but it is.

I use Gibson guitar polish, chuck it all over everything I does.

[Beer of the Bass]

Silicone products like Mr Sheen are best avoided, as they are extremely persistent and can prevent glues or adhesives from working years down the line if any repair or refinishing work are needed. It tends to creep and spread from where you've used it too. I have seen and heard more than one rant from luthiers on the subject!
For rosewood fingerboards you just want a light oil which won't go rancid (i.e not most vegetable oils), used sparingly and not too often.

Edited July 28, 2014 by Beer of the Bass

[Muzz]

Just for a second there I thought the erstwhile Mr Big bassist had a new maintenance video out...

[FinnDave]

Our guitarist swears by a liberal spray of WD40 before every gig. Not sure I'd try it myself, though.

[essexbasscat]

Read in previous threads that Mr Sheen contains Silicone, which seeps into the grain and leaves a residue that will mess up anything that follows it

Mr Sheen is banned from spray shops the length and breadth of the country, as the mist hangs around in the air for ages

[molan]

Dr Duck's Ax Wax is your friend - use it on any guitar related parts that need cleaning

[xgsjx]

You can use something like Danish or Tung oil. There's been debates whether lemon oil is good or bad, I don't have an answer to that.

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1406577110' post='2512702']
Tiny bit of lemon oil once per year......job done.
[/quote]

Will a couple of squirts of jiff lemon do?

[Billy Apple]

Mix it up with Spry

[bassmachine2112]

Brasil nut for rosewood necks,old cabinet maker trick

[Vinny]

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1406576549' post='2512686']
Do we have to use expensive oils or will Mr Sheen etc do the job? Or is it a big no no?
[/quote]

Get on with it - I clean all my basses with it as well as amp, pedals, leads, motorbike, bald head, the lot. It does nowt on tarnished frets, though.

[Grangur]

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1407282004' post='2519220']

Get on with it - I clean all my basses with it as well as amp, pedals, leads, motorbike, bald head, the lot. It does nowt on tarnished frets, though.
[/quote]
True, it appears to do a good job, as long as you know you'll NEVER want anything resprayed, stained or glued ever after you've done it.

Ah yeah, add to the list; you won't be able to sell it to anyone who knows the problems and can see that you've done it,

[leroydiamond]

I use Orange oil 2-3 times per year on my rosewood board and it's the business. it was recommended to me some years ago by a builder at Lakland basses

[Urban Bassman]

Lem Oil for the boards and Dunlop guitar cleaner for everything else for me, no problems.

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1407413698' post='2520232']
Lem Oil for the boards and Dunlop guitar cleaner for everything else for me, no problems.
[/quote]

How many Lemmy's need to be squeezed for a bottle?

[Urban Bassman]

Just the one I believe.

[Ghost_Bass]

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1407414095' post='2520239']
How many Lemmy's need to be squeezed for a bottle?
[/quote]
[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1407421345' post='2520329']
Just the one I believe.
[/quote]

I'm sure that if you squeeze the one there will bo plenty to fill many bottles, only not oil...