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August 07th, 2020

8/7/2020

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The other day I bumped the soundboard of a uke against a sharp corner of my vise and put a little dent into the soft wood.  Darn it that is irritating-but the solution is pretty easy.

First you put a damp cloth over the dent to wet the wood a bit, then put a hot iron on the damp cloth,  I used a broad tip of my wood burning tool. That swells the wood back reducing the depth of the dent considerably

Then you fill the remaining dent with a drop of thick super-glue and let it harden.

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The filled dent is on the upper edge of the photo. Almost invisible.  Now we must sand it flush.
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A tiny circle of stick on 500 grit sandpaper is affixed to a piece of lucite plastic.  Now I can see and control where I am sanding.  Ignore the reflection of the lamp in the photo
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Carefully sand the superglue down  until your fingertip tells you it is perfectly flat.  Apply a couple of coats of French Polish and the dent can be forgotten- it won't be seen.
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