On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:15:49 +0000, 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


My father who was a time served Cabinet maker used the steaming trick, as
the other posts have said, lots of times and it always worked for him.
It was a well used ' trick of the trade' which he taught me although I
never followed him into cabinet making.

Dave