Note that if the stock is going to be cleaned using the methods described at Gun Stock Cleaining., virtually all minor dents in the wood are removed by these cleaning methods.
Materials Needed
1. Soldering Iron
2. Cloth
3. Water
NOTE: Read, understand, and follow all product labeling precautions and directions.
Procedure
The dent in the wood (lower right) shown below will be removed. Note that gouges in the wood (upper left) cannot be removed:
As shown below, lay the water saturated tip of a few layers of cloth on the dent and then apply the heated Soldering Iron to the cloth for 3 to 5 seconds. This produces steam that is forced into the wood that causes the wood fibers to swell and thus expand the compressed fibers thereby removing all or most of the dent. It may be necessary to steam the dent in this manner 10 to 100 times. This particular sharp dent was steamed approximately 100 times to remove as much of the dent that was possible.
The result is shown below:
Before and after photos of the section of stock are shown below:
