Gregg said:
I'd like to add if you get the fret too hot, you'll melt the glue holding it in the slot. (Not covered by warranty).
I haven't heard that one before CB; seems fraught with peril. :toothy11:
Agreed if you hold the iron on too long, and in one place... you're gonna melt the glue. Agreed you can screw up that way.
You can also screw up by SANDING the finish off, FILING it off, STEEL WOOLing it off, and SCRAPING it off.
About the only way you cant screw up, is to not do anything and just play it off, with the associated nasty tones and such.
The idea with the heat - just a quick pass is all thats needed. I mean QUICK like maybe a total of 2-3 seconds total time from one end of the fret to the other. The idea is to soften the finish so you can use a scraper thats not metallic. You got the a REALLY good fret job built in under the finish - its WARMOTH!~ I just hate to see somebody start filing, grinding, sanding, on frets... to get finish off when most of it can just be scraped off easy.
I did this on Vics birdseye neck and on the finished goncalo neck that I've got (total vintage, not the recent one). Not an issue.
Common sense is the key here.