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Marc Lupien
PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:52 pm 
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I am making my first maple fretboard guitar.

Understandably, I want to apply finish on it! I use polyurethane finishes.

I usually fret my boards after they are finished and buffed.

How do I approach this?

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Mike Dotson
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Fret it first, then scrape the frets afterwards.
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Chris Pile
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I've done it both ways.
I like finishing it after fretting better.

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Can I ask you why Chris?
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Sometimes the lacquer chipped when fretting afterwards.
It was just easier to scrape a little lacquer from the fret tops every few coats.
Had to do a fret level anyway on refrets or new builds, easy enough to handle the finish then.

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Thank's Chris!
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