It evaporates pretty quick and the result is nice clean wood.
Now you know. 8)
On the left after lemon juice, on the right before.

I use the same. Love the stuff.Greg Perkins wrote: I bought a bottle of that fret board cleaner, Dunlop 65, quite expensive at R400is, but it will last you years. Contains lemon oil they say, lemon to clean and oil to rehydrate the fretboard. It has a built in applicator.
Reaffirming the use of lemon juice but intimating the need to oil the board as well. Just using lemon juice could dry the wood out.wern101 wrote: Lol. Greg, not sure how to take your reply...
Are you tellin me about an alternative? Or mumbling about how much you paid?
I just burst out laughing. Wasnt intentional. Sorry.
Ah...see. He forgot to mention 'very fine' when he said steel wool....Shibbibilybob wrote: Your local expert is not wrong. Some very fine steel wool is perfect for the job.
I also found that any alcoholic spirits work well. I just place a few drops in a tiny container like a bottle-cap, and dab a cloth gently in it and rub the "gunk" off. It comes off very easily and your fretboard may even smell like bourbon or gin afterwards... hmmmm. The key is to oil it afterwards with lemon oil or whatever your preference is, because the wood looks visibly dried out afterwards.
wern101 He forgot to mention 'very fine' when he said steel wool....
I'd actually say "ultra-fine". Grade 0000 to be precise. And it's quite hard to find. So going into your local hardware store and getting the finest grade will probably be a bad idea.
https://www.hardwarecentre.co.za/product/liberon-steel-wool-0000/
ChrisDanger Yeah, hardware centre is the only place I know in JHB that carries this stuff. You can get a truly spectacular finish if you combine 0000 steel-wool with a good tung oil (I like Rustin's Danish Oil).
A good toothbrush and Teak oil, Lemon Oil (Dunlop 65), White Spirit, Napthta, etc. Scrub the fretboard for a few minutes and wipe everything off. Lately I've been using mostly Burmese Teak Oil (the cheap, red one). It's thin, the wood absorbs is fairly well (I don't leave it too long) and gives a nice colour to rosewood. And it's dirt cheap compared to Dunlop 65. I rarely use 0000 steel wool anymore and never used it to clean a fretboard.
Ordinary cleaning benzine for me, and a bit of teak oil afterwards.
Never caused any of my guitars any harm.