I mean a clothing iron! It seems as if every project I work on, no matter how careful I am, a piece always gets dented. I was dry fitting some parts, one of the pieces fell over and was dented, it never fails. The next thing I know, I’m pulling out my iron from the bedroom and trying to coax the dent out. Is this the best way?
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Avoiding Dents
Well, of course the best is to not get them in the first place. A couple strategies that help are to set pieces aside somewhere safe, as opposed to putting them aside on the workbench as well as leaving final surfacing as long as possible.
Steaming works well and sometimes it's the only option aside from filler. I add a drop or two of water and apply heat from the tip of the iron. A soldering iron will work as well, provided the tip is clean. Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems that sometimes there is a slight colour variance between the steamed wood and the surrounding wood. I'm not sure if it matters that my wood is air dried and not steamed and kilned.
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