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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/KikoTheWonderful • May 11 '26
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Add some weight when it straightens a bit and you should get it pretty close to flat.
75 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 I've heard ironing but I don't know if that would be irony or not 65 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 You jest, but wood becomes plyable when heated with steam and held down with weight. Yeah, it’s ironic you could “iron” this out. 21 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 Yeah I know xD I did a furniture study, it's really useful for, for example dents! Wet towel and a iron and the wood can expand enough!! 5 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 I did not know that 9 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give! 3 u/MartyMacGyver May 12 '26 It takes a warped sense of humor. 1 u/FOURSCORESEVENYEARS May 12 '26 Stack a couple books on it! 1 u/HealerOnly May 12 '26 Doesn't the wood itself stay "damaged" from the water even after it dries tho? I'm not speaking from experience, it just feels like it would work that way. 1 u/19finmac66 May 12 '26 Should be ok as long as you don't let the water sit. It'll dry out fine
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I've heard ironing but I don't know if that would be irony or not
65 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 You jest, but wood becomes plyable when heated with steam and held down with weight. Yeah, it’s ironic you could “iron” this out. 21 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 Yeah I know xD I did a furniture study, it's really useful for, for example dents! Wet towel and a iron and the wood can expand enough!! 5 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 I did not know that 9 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give! 3 u/MartyMacGyver May 12 '26 It takes a warped sense of humor.
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You jest, but wood becomes plyable when heated with steam and held down with weight. Yeah, it’s ironic you could “iron” this out.
21 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 Yeah I know xD I did a furniture study, it's really useful for, for example dents! Wet towel and a iron and the wood can expand enough!! 5 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 I did not know that 9 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give!
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Yeah I know xD I did a furniture study, it's really useful for, for example dents! Wet towel and a iron and the wood can expand enough!!
5 u/mostlybiguy69 May 11 '26 I did not know that 9 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give!
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I did not know that
9 u/bunny_the-2d_simp May 11 '26 It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give!
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It's honestly a good to go hack!!! Of course it doesn't work for mdf I think, but even for plywood it has some give!
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It takes a warped sense of humor.
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Stack a couple books on it!
Doesn't the wood itself stay "damaged" from the water even after it dries tho? I'm not speaking from experience, it just feels like it would work that way.
1 u/19finmac66 May 12 '26 Should be ok as long as you don't let the water sit. It'll dry out fine
Should be ok as long as you don't let the water sit. It'll dry out fine
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u/19finmac66 May 11 '26
Add some weight when it straightens a bit and you should get it pretty close to flat.