![]() ![]() Take your time and get the glued areas down nice and flush with the original fretboard. I used a spongy sanding block to sand the glued spots down the type of sanding blocks you'd use for drywall. Once completed I used a very light sand paper to remove some dirt & crud left over from pulling the frets. Place hot fret in a bowl of water or something so it can cool before you dispose of it. You love your instrument don't you? Remember: The frets will be hot from the soldering iron so have pliers on hand to grab the removed fret. If you remove the fret to quickly without enough heating, the fretboard will chip. Take a pocket knife, or something similar to gently pry the fret from the board. ![]() Try not to let it get hot enough to burn your fret board. But if there is glue you will notice it starting to bubble up from under the fret. This melts the glue in the fret slot and starts to let the fret go. I used a soldering iron to heat the metal fret. Take off you strings and lets get moving. Good luck.įirst we need to take the old frets out. Stainless steel is much harder and less likely to wear down and get dents. I made the switch to stainless steel fret wire instead of nickle. Happily, it worked fine and I now have an old friend back! You can obtain fret wire in many different sizes and radius online or at your local guitar repair shop. My first refretting attempt was on a guitar that was already unplayable, so if I messed it up it didn't matter. These fretboard gouges do not affect the playability of the guitar, they are just ugly. I also had terrible gouges in the fretboard itself from years of playing. I decided to do this because I capo so much that my frets themselves became dented. I was pleased with the outcome even on my first try. Make sure to read through the whole thing before starting this project. The name of the game here is ' carefully' and ' gently.' Please take these steps slowly and deliberately. DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for damage to your instrument. ![]() In this instructable I will attempt to give a down and dirty process for re-fretting a guitar and filling in the gouges on the fret board. ![]()
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