beside wiping the body / neck once in a while, there are a little more we can do at our own at home that will keep the instrument at the best condition. and these few things take about 30mins in total.
materials needed:
- Lemon oil
- Masking tape
- Metal polish / rubbing compound
- towel
- paper towel
- guitar polish
my steps are:
- release the strings
- wipe the fretboard with dry towel to remove the dust
- apply a thin layer of lemon oil over the entire fretboard
- let the oil sit for 10 minutes
- wipe the oil off with paper towel
- wipe the oil off with towel / DONE
- cover the fretboard alone with the fret with masking tape to make sure the dusts from metal polish don't fall onto the fretboard
- with a little metal polish applied on a paper towel, gently rub over the frets and apply a bit of force if needed.
- repeats step 8 for all frets
- remove masking tape
- wipe the entire instrument with guitar polish with 2 pieces of clean towels
- restring / DONE