<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>The way I've always taken these out is with a folded piece of paper towel dunked in water, squeezed out a bit, and then pressed against the dent with the tip of a hot iron. Works great on mahogany with the finish stripped off, but there's always the chance of loosening the veneer if done too much. (Maybe the taped-cold-wet-wad method would be wiser?) I've never tried it on rosewood with a finish. Might that finish just be one thin coat of lacquer??? If you can determine that it is, and then scrape it off that area with a razor blade and/or scrub with a bit of thinner, you ought to be able to get the wood to take up the water and then later spray a little Deft of the appropriate gloss to cover the repair. (An oil-finish might be a bit harder. I don't know how to get it out of the wood to make the water soak in.) <br /><br
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><div>Hello most esteemed fairway divot repair professionals:</div><div><br></div><div>I know you're not going to believe this, but out on the main fairway recently, I used a #2 iron (cast) to advance my objective and I accidentally took a pretty fair divot out of the fairway. This is a rosewood veneered fairway on an 1860s Steinway (fairly thick veneers). I think one can pretty clearly see the damage from the two photos below. The main divot is 6 mm by 8 mm and is 0.8 mm deep. The case has been refinished maybe 30-some years ago - the original lacquer finish was stripped off and a non-grain-filled very simple finish was applied. I have no idea what the new finish may be - perhaps some type of oil finish?</div><div><br></div><div>I really have not done much veneer repair. I have heard of wetting (water) a size-appropriate cotton ball or some like object and taping it so the
dent - the thinking being that the damaged wood underneath will swell and hopefully bring the divot out to its original flat nature. Or perhaps there is a better way. Any suggestions?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks big time.</div><div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br></div><div><img height="480" width="539" id="9ae6c104-4374-4b03-8a4f-37dc1f836295" src="cid:1.2070015971@web142602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><br></div><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;min-height:14.0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;min-height:14px;"><br><img height="480" width="558"
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