Fretboard clean up?

[DrFingeryaguts]

Hi, I have an old beet up 1980's Hondo Les Paul, and the fret board has lost it's fake ebony.

Well almost, there's bits of black here and there; and I was wondering if there was a way to clean it up a bit? Bleach maybe?

What ya think? 

[ezbass]

Lemon oil is the normal go to for fretboards: Dunlop, D’Addario are just two makes.

[DrFingeryaguts]

No I meant, to get rid of the remains of the black....what ever it was. Stain?

Used lemon oil, no good, it just cleaned it :)

[ezbass]

Ah, I see, sorry. Hand sanitiser seems to strip off Sharpie ink and the like, no problem. Maybe give that a go, at least the fretboard will be germ free if it doesn’t work.