On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:15:49 GMT, (AL) wrote:


Is there any way of removing dents in planed pine (not including
sanding or planing them out)? The pine in question is a set of stairs
going up to my loft. Its the horizontal surfaces that have some dents.
The dents have been there for a few years. I wondered if there was
some trick such as filling the dents with some liquid or other so that
the wood swells up just in the place where it has been compacted...
maybe finish off by sanding etc...

Thanks

AL


You can try a steam iron through a tea towel on this as long as they
are just dents and no material has been lost.

Have the iron on the steam setting and use the tea towel folded twice.
Lay the towel over a dented area and apply the iron fairly firmly but
not sliding it around. Try for about ten seconds then lift iron and
towel to look.

Allow a short time for the fibres to swell and then repeat if
necessary. I've found this to work quite well as long as it isn't
rushed.

You may not get it perfect, but should be able to improve it.


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..andy

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