Dr. Deb,
Dents can often be removed, or at least lessened by steaming. On my
furniture pieces, I put a drop or two of water on the dent, and let it
sit for a minute or two. I have a small iron (left over from my model
plane making days) which is on medium heat. I put a drop or two of
water on a piece of soft cloth, put the damp spot on the dent, then
apply the iron. The resulting steam will pull up all smaller dents, and
most of the larger dents. Steam helps compressed fibers to expand.
Sometimes you have to steam it a couple of times, but it works better
than sanding the entire dent out. Of course there is still some sanding
and refinishing to do, but usually it is minimal.
robo hippy















Dr. Deb wrote:
I just finished turning a bowl 8" out of himalayan cedar (wonderful
stuff
to turn and smells a lot like camphor wood) limb root piece. Bowl
turned
nicely and have a bit of bark inclusion around the middle of the
piece.

Being a fairly new turner, I decided to finally take the plunge and
wad a
sock over my chuck, put the finished bowl over the sock and bring the
tail
stock up against the tenon to part it off. Worked well, as you all
know it
does. However, I left some marks in the bottom of the bowl. Not
deep, but
looks like I did not sand all the gouge marks out of the bowl.

As I said the bowl is finished (shellac and wax). What is the best
way to
polish out the marks out of the bowl bottom? I have a small (a 2"
and a
3") sanding disk I could use. I was just wondering if there was a
better
method before I hit it with the sanding disks.

Thanks

Deb