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mumra
Intermediate Member
Username: mumra

Post Number: 101
Registered: 3-2010
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 2:25 am:   Edit Post

Hello to all.I would like to ask you what I have to use to clean my fretboard. Alembic recommended lemon oil but I see some posts that lemon oil on ebony it's not a good idea. The guy that set up and service my alembic said that I have to use Dunlop 02 only.
Thanks
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 2361
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 5:23 am:   Edit Post

All I use is pure lemon oil which is what Alembic recommends and wouldn't pay much attention to someone who doesn't build them. Do not confuse pure lemon oil with something like Formsby's Lemon Oil which is a petroleum based oil with waxes. You can find pure lemon oil, also called pure essential oil, at health food stores and other stores like that.

Keith
mumra
Intermediate Member
Username: mumra

Post Number: 102
Registered: 3-2010
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 5:44 am:   Edit Post

thanks.Do you meen something like that
http://www.apivita.com/hellas/lemoni/
jcdlc72
Senior Member
Username: jcdlc72

Post Number: 471
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 5:51 am:   Edit Post

Lemon oil has worked pretty good for me. No stains, no goopyness, all wonder. I use the small D'Andrea plastic bottles with the felt dispenser tip.
adriaan
Moderator
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3303
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post

I brought a non-Alembic guitar to a shop for a setup, never asked for a fretboard treatment, and they put on some stuff that must have been Fast Fret or something. Very tacky stuff, it left stains on my fingers for weeks. It certainly made a difference, as in less friction, but not in any good way.

Essential lemon oil, it's the only way!
adriaan
Moderator
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3304
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post

Mumra, the ingredients on that page say "Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon Peel) Oil, Limonene, Citral, Linalool, Geraniol". Sounds like a lot of additives, and you really want to have the pure stuff, no additives.
mumra
Intermediate Member
Username: mumra

Post Number: 103
Registered: 3-2010
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 11:13 am:   Edit Post

Οκ.thanks to all.I will try to find here in Greece.is a little bit difficult.if you can tell me some brands or links.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 6342
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 3:44 pm:   Edit Post

I order mine on line from this site: http://www.boyajianinc.com/bakingLemon.html

Bill, tgo

(Message edited by lbpesq on February 08, 2016)
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 2362
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 5:16 pm:   Edit Post

I'm not sure those are additives in mumra's link. As I look some of them up they appear to occur naturally in citrus and can be found in their oils. Could this be part of EU labeling laws requiring listing of all the oil components whether naturally occurring or not?

Keith
adriaan
Moderator
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 3305
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 11:31 pm:   Edit Post

Keith, that's an excellent point. If they were following regulations, I would expect to see the dreaded E-numbers listed for each additive - so ironically they are probably not following regulations, just being verbose.
mumra
Intermediate Member
Username: mumra

Post Number: 104
Registered: 3-2010
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2016 - 11:34 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks again.I can;t find.I don't know why.
Do you believe that the Dunlop 02 it's ok for condition me ebony fretboard.

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