The right tool for dressing your finger tip calluses

[email4eric]

I have to dress the calluses on my fretting hand regularly due to the development of grooves. After playing, I've always used emery boards to flatten the fretting surface. They don't last very long nor are they the right size/shape.

I'm happy to report that I've found a great solution: the Diamoncel #5 hand and callus file

http://www.amazon.com/Diamancel-Hand...diamancel+%235

I cannot imagine others don't also have this problem and similarly seek a better solution. This file works really well and you simply have to rinse it off and it's ready to go again.

No affiliation. Just a satisfied recipient.

[Steel and wood]

I've never done anything to my picking hand callouses.

[email4eric]

Yeah, me either.

[Woodstock School Of Music]

Originally Posted by email4eric

Yeah, me either.

That make 3 of us

[Riverwolf]

100 grit wood sandpaper.

[zabdart]

Like several other people here I've never worried about calluses or grooves in my fingertips, except when I was just starting out and they hurt. That's just part of the drill. Be glad you didn't take up the trumpet. Then you'd have calluses on your lips!

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by email4eric

…I cannot imagine others don't also have this problem and similarly seek a better solution. This file works really well and you simply have to rinse it off and it's ready to go again.

Hi e4e…

I have used my emery boards, or one of my short Revlon nail files for well over 20 years now.

I actually prefer the thick black emery boards which are 2-for-a-buck at Walmart. I cut them in half and carry them in every cases's pick drawer. They have a course side and not-quite-as-course side, and it just takes a couple of strokes on each finger tip to smooth them.

Not everybody tends to their callus, nor does it build up the same on each player's finger tips.

Looks like you found one that works for you.

[JimmerO]

I tend to my finger tip calluses because if I don't I'll develop an edge that will catch on a string. Or worse it will start to peal and I'll loose more callus then had I ground off the edge. I started doing this a couple of years ago and It's helped me keep thicker calluses longer.

[zhunter]

Yes the big two sided foam center emery boards. They come in all kinds of grits so find the grit that works best for you. As pointed out many have a different grit on each side. Most any drugstore will have a good selection. If you only use it to clean up callouses it'll last a long time.

hunter

[Earl49]

I use the foam sanding blocks by 3M and others in medium grit. Generally available in the paint supplies area of any hardware store or home improvement center. I have a heavy touch on medium strings, so I need to sand down my fretting hand callouses about once a week. Otherwise, they can get an "edge" that will catch on strings - ouch! I usually file my picking hand fingernails with a Revlon two-sided nail file (shaping / finishing) at about the same time to keep them smooth and at the right length.

[JosephW]

Dressing the calluses.

[Paully]

For $30.00 I'd stick with emorey boards

[leehop71]

Originally Posted by The dman

That make 3 of us

That makes 4. As long as the calluses don't interfere with my nose picking, I am good to go!

[PTC Bernie]

I just use emery boards. I can get a pack of 20 at my local Dollar store.

Yeah, I'm a cheap $0b

[Steel and wood]

I don't want to be filing mine down. (Lots of hard yards went in to getting them there in the first place).