I'm planning a build with a Warmoth quartersawn maple neck and fingerboard, with the clear satin nitro finish.
On my prior build, I went with an ebony board, the fingerboard edges felt rather sharp, and I gently scraped and sanded the edges to get a slight rolled edge.
With the finished maple board, scraping the wood seems like a big no-no. Has anyone hand-rolled fingerboard edges using a different method, for a urethane-finished board? I'm wondering if using the shaft of a screwdriver (rolled firmly across the edges) might still have an effect, without damaging the finish. Of course I could buy an unfinished neck, roll it myself, then finish it myself, but I don't trust myself to apply a finish as well as Warmoth here!
On my prior build, I went with an ebony board, the fingerboard edges felt rather sharp, and I gently scraped and sanded the edges to get a slight rolled edge.
With the finished maple board, scraping the wood seems like a big no-no. Has anyone hand-rolled fingerboard edges using a different method, for a urethane-finished board? I'm wondering if using the shaft of a screwdriver (rolled firmly across the edges) might still have an effect, without damaging the finish. Of course I could buy an unfinished neck, roll it myself, then finish it myself, but I don't trust myself to apply a finish as well as Warmoth here!
