On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:16:21 +0100, "john thompson"
wrote:

An aluminium saucepan was dropped on the kitchen floor and now the lid will
not fit on, due to a fairly small flattening of one side.

The saucepan is 16cm in diameter and the aluminium is 3 mm thick. My thumbs
are just not strong enought to push the side out enough for the lid to fit
on.

Cannot think of a way to get a good leverage on it to re-shape it, without
damaging the non stick coating on the inside of the saucepan. Grateful for
any suggestion. Thanks.

I've used a rubber mallet and/or a broomstick on dents like that.
Support the edges where the flat starts and push out on the center of
the flat area. The flat comes out pretty easily, so take care. Slow,
firm pressure works best for me. YMMV

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