Caring for ebony fingerboards

Dave Sloven said:
I have a Schecter C-1 ATX Blackjack on the way, and just wondering how you clean and care for ebony fingerboards? Lemon oil? The guitar cleaner you use on maple necks?
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I use lemon oil for cleaning(very little, at every string change), and then I use bore oil to condition occasionally(in my climate...once a year, give or take...depends on the level of dryness, or any perceived board shrinkage).
Bore oil, or fife oil, is generally used to condition clarinets etc...I’ve had the same bottle for years. A little goes a long way.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I use lemon oil for cleaning(very little, at every string change), and then I use bore oil to condition occasionally(in my climate...once a year, give or take...depends on the level of dryness, or any perceived board shrinkage).
Bore oil, or fife oil, is generally used to condition clarinets etc...I’ve had the same bottle for years. A little goes a long way.
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Isn't 'Bore Oil' a petroleum base for firearms????
 
I’ve had this since 2012...I have about a third of the bottle left.
I use it on all of my rosewood boards, and the two ebony boards in my sig, plus the ebony board on my 19th century banjo.


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Thanks everyone, I ordered some Fret Doctor from the same link that SG John posted, but I probably should have gotten that bore oil, the postage to Australia might have been cheaper. I just got a 30ml bottle
 
Years ago I bought the Dunlop Guitar Cleaning kit. Included is a fret board cleaner and oil. My Ovation Acoustic has an Ebony fret board. Cleaned it and oiled it. If possible, the black got even darker after oiling. Wished I’d done it sooner.
 
I use Formby's lemon oil treatment 16oz cheaper than 4oz from the guitar store.
My old guitar factory authorized service man for Gibson Fender Martin used that 30+ years ago.
 
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