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Refretting a Richlite Fretboard
I need to refret a Richlite fretboard and, from everything I’ve gathered, the process of removing the frets (glued-in with CA glue) is exactly the same as wood. Is this correct? I plan to use a soldering iron to soften the CA, but please let me know if I should avoid this for any reason–and what a better alternative might be.
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Hi Bobby,
I’ve done a couple refrets on a Richlite fretboard and found it to be the same as working with ebony. I used my old soldering gun to warm the frets prior to removal and used the hammer-in technique when installing the frets. It held the new fret tangs just like wood, and I didn’t need to use glue, but YMWV
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Hi Bobby,
Adam is absolutely spot on. You’ll find Richlite to behave quite a bit like a traditional ebony boards. While it might not visually look the same as ebony, it is not very different to deal with while fretting.
Pulling frets goes pretty easy, and with a soldering iron, they should come out without incident. Richlite is pretty forgiving in this regard.
I too hammer in my frets and generally do not use glue.
Have at it and let us know how it goes.
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