Funny you should ask this as I 'nocastered' my allparts neck the other day. I just rubbed the back of it down until I hit wood. When I'd got through to bare wood I just made the bare patch bigger then dirtied it up woth some burn toast and coffee. Now it feels miles better. I've not sealed it, I might put 1 coat of true oil on it or perhaps not, maple is pretty tough.
My neck is nitro though, using wire wool only on a baja poly neck will take a long time. I'd go for some wet and dry and just rub it down, switching to ww when you get to the wood.
I also rolled the fingerboard edges on my strat to soften the hard edges. It is a Warmoth neck. I just googled it and found a youtube video which turned out to be Wez. His stanley blade method worked a treat.
Trouble is that was a rosewood board so no finish to worry about, obviously on yours you will take the finish off on the side of the neck so not sure what to suggest there.
