"Richard Clements" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents,
You'll get no sympathy from me, Richard. You should not be leaving those
clams in the boxes. They probably made the dents in an attempt to escape.
Clams don't have a lot of options so they bit into the pine box sides with
their shells in an effort to fling themselves to freedom.
Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams don't
dent things.
F R E E T H E C L A M S
Preston Andreas wrote:
> There are times that I keep my iron on "cotton" and on hold. I am one of
> these guys that always seem to put dents in wood no matter how hard I try to
> be careful. You can always sand, but then you leave a divot.
>
> For a small dent, I spritz or take a drop of water off the end of my finger
> and apply it to the dent. Always let it set a few minutes, refreshing the
> drop to let it absorb. The take a piece of damp cotton cloth and put it on
> top of the dent and apply the iron to the cloth over the dent. You read in
> articles to be careful not to burn the wood, but, I find that you can remain
> in contact with the damp cloth over the wood for a good amount of time
> without burning. In fact, I have never burned the wood. You may need a
> couple of applications to get the desired effect. If you are really
> effective, the dent goes to convex. Also, I have really crushed the wood
> fiber, and although the "iron" trick doesn't totally restore the wood to the
> natural state, it goes a long way to where you don't have to do a lot of
> sanding and still get a noticeable concave surface at that point. If you
> can, wait a day for the moisture to come to equibrilum before sanding the
> dent, or you will still have somewhat of a concave dent. In production, ---
> sand it right after the iron has been applied. No matter what, unless you
> have dropped a 50 lb. anvil on the wood, the result is much better than just
> sanding out the dent, or heaven forbid, trying to fill it.
>
> Preston
> "Richard Clements" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
> > article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to
> get
> > them out, any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Richard
On antique and WWII rifle gun stocks, I use a drop or two of tap water on the dent in
dry wood, then a covering of old terry cloth and the tip of an electric iron rotating
around the rim and directly on the dent. Repeat as appropriate, but be cautious. Try
it on a sample first. The tip of the hot iron can and will scorch the wood if you are
not careful. Works great for sealed and unsealed wood.
Hoyt W.
Clams make pearls.
Even steaming, however, will probably leave traces of crushed fibers which
won't take a stain properly. If staining, set it up, plane or sand it back
until a wipe with mineral spirits shows it same as the background.
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:20:44 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Richard Clements" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> >> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents,
> >
> >You'll get no sympathy from me, Richard. You should not be leaving those
> >clams in the boxes. They probably made the dents in an attempt to escape.
> >Clams don't have a lot of options so they bit into the pine box sides
with
> >their shells in an effort to fling themselves to freedom.
> >
> >Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams
don't
> >dent things.
> >
> >F R E E T H E C L A M S
> >
> >
> maybe the box will have pearl inlays?
> nah.. that's oysters, right?
>
>
> Mac
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:23:53 -0400, [email protected] said:
>> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
>> article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to get
>> them out, any ideas?
Pine? Bondo, 80 grit, RBS stain, and poly, of course.
Errrm, just don't post a pic, OK? ;)
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that its fundamental nature tends to be obscured.
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
> article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to get
> them out, any ideas?
>
>
> Richard
>
It's a pretty simple principle and procedure. Dents are crushed wood
cells. Apply a damp rag over the dents then rest a steam iron on it and
it forces moisture into the cells swelling them.
Notes,
The wood in the area will quite likely swell higher then the surrounding
wood. Do not sand the area until the wood has dried or you are likely to
knock off the over inflated wood and end up with a depression in the
wood that nothing will fix.
Get your own steam iron, they are cheap enough. The better half would
certainly frown on the procedure if you used one for normally in service
to iron clothes.
If the wood fibers are actually broken you can still get good results
but if it is a case of missing wood the process won't help.
--
MikeG
Heirloom Woods
www.heirloom-woods.net
[email protected]
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
<snip>
>
> Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams
> don't dent things.
>
> F R E E T H E C L A M S
>
STEAM the clams! Then serve with linguini!
There are times that I keep my iron on "cotton" and on hold. I am one of
these guys that always seem to put dents in wood no matter how hard I try to
be careful. You can always sand, but then you leave a divot.
For a small dent, I spritz or take a drop of water off the end of my finger
and apply it to the dent. Always let it set a few minutes, refreshing the
drop to let it absorb. The take a piece of damp cotton cloth and put it on
top of the dent and apply the iron to the cloth over the dent. You read in
articles to be careful not to burn the wood, but, I find that you can remain
in contact with the damp cloth over the wood for a good amount of time
without burning. In fact, I have never burned the wood. You may need a
couple of applications to get the desired effect. If you are really
effective, the dent goes to convex. Also, I have really crushed the wood
fiber, and although the "iron" trick doesn't totally restore the wood to the
natural state, it goes a long way to where you don't have to do a lot of
sanding and still get a noticeable concave surface at that point. If you
can, wait a day for the moisture to come to equibrilum before sanding the
dent, or you will still have somewhat of a concave dent. In production, ---
sand it right after the iron has been applied. No matter what, unless you
have dropped a 50 lb. anvil on the wood, the result is much better than just
sanding out the dent, or heaven forbid, trying to fill it.
Preston
"Richard Clements" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
> article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to
get
> them out, any ideas?
>
>
> Richard
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:20:44 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>"Richard Clements" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents,
>
>You'll get no sympathy from me, Richard. You should not be leaving those
>clams in the boxes. They probably made the dents in an attempt to escape.
>Clams don't have a lot of options so they bit into the pine box sides with
>their shells in an effort to fling themselves to freedom.
>
>Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams don't
>dent things.
>
>F R E E T H E C L A M S
>
>
maybe the box will have pearl inlays?
nah.. that's oysters, right?
Mac
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:13:50 GMT, mac davis <[email protected]>
calmly ranted:
>On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:10:12 GMT, patriarch
><<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>><snip>
>>>
>>> Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams
>>> don't dent things.
>>>
>>> F R E E T H E C L A M S
CLAMS GOT LEGS!
>>STEAM the clams! Then serve with linguini!
>steam the clams over the dent, while you're cooking.. *g*
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:22:38 -0700, Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:23:53 -0400, [email protected] said:
>>> I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
>>> article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to get
>>> them out, any ideas?
>
>Pine? Bondo, 80 grit, RBS stain, and poly, of course.
>
>Errrm, just don't post a pic, OK? ;)
Or if you do post a pic, sign it JOAT.<g>
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:10:12 GMT, patriarch
<<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
><snip>
>>
>> Clams are best kept in tub or bucket with water and sand. Happy clams
>> don't dent things.
>>
>> F R E E T H E C L A M S
>>
>
>STEAM the clams! Then serve with linguini!
steam the clams over the dent, while you're cooking.. *g*
Mac
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:10:58 -0400, Richard Clements
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm making a box pine chest and my clams left some small dents, I read an
>article a while ago but can't find it now on using water and an iron to get
>them out, any ideas?
>
>
>Richard
Steam. It makes the wood swell. You can use a damp rag and the tip
of an iron.