What makes a good fretboard timber?

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Craig
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Post by Craig » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:11 am

Many thanks for that report Steve . I'm in the middle of doing these tests also .
I have so far laid on a second coat of C.A. and now want it to cure fully before sanding back and doing some abrasive testing , although a quick fingernail test reveals a pretty hard sort of surface .

What I'm really after ,is to not have a " finish" on the board ( as in those horrible laquer coated Fender maple fretboards ) The gloss/finish turns me off.
I would prefer the board to have a natural wood appearance , and appear the same as most fretboards .My objective is to have the C.A. soak below the surface and thereby harden the fretboard , and then remove the surplace of C.A. on the very top of the surface itself to get rid of that laquer look.Hope that makes sense ! :lol: .

I'll be patient ,and give it plenty of time to firm up first

Cheers and appreciated Steve ! :wink:
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Post by sebastiaan56 » Sun Nov 02, 2008 6:09 am

Craig wrote:My objective is to have the C.A. soak below the surface and thereby harden the fretboard , and then remove the surplace of C.A. on the very top of the surface itself to get rid of that laquer look.
The only disadvantage of CA IMO
make mine fifths........

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