As a quick backstory: I was doing some amateur gunsmithing on my beautiful kitchen table working on a recent 1911 acquisition. Actually, the fruits of that effort can be found in this thread:
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As I was channeling my inner Bill Wilson and making magic happen to my new pistol, my wife made a comment about putting a mat down to protect the table. I classically responded with something along the lines of "I'm not an idiot/I know what I'm doing".
Whelp- as you can foretell, my punch slipped while putting the guts in the mainspring housing (good lord there's a lot of tension stored in that spring) and I put a perfectly round dent in our beautiful maplewood kitchen table. Ok, ok- I put two perfectly round dent(s) in our beautiful maplewood kitchen table (but who's counting).
Naturally I was smart enough to act quickly and throw a new tablecloth on the the table after finishing my gunsmithing business but I was left with 'evidence' of my wife being right & apparently supporting that I am in fact an idiot.
So maybe this is common knowledge but I researched online for suggestions to 'fix' it. I came across a suggestion where I took a thick shop towel and folded it up after drenching it with scalding hot water and placing the towel directly over my... transgressions I'll call it. I then put a dry kitchen towel above it.
Well dang- that actually worked and helped raise the dents surprisingly well. It's not 100% but certainly made a measurable difference.
So wrapping things up here- if you find you accidentally proved your wife right and jacked up your table, maybe try the hot rag trick.
-LD
If you're in the market for a Colt Combat Commander in 45 ACP... I might have some info you'd be interest in...
First off- In the sake of full disclosure- I have absolutely zero financial or personal interests in sharing this information or how anyone here would respond to making a purchase due to this post whether from Colt or Sportsman's Warehouse company. With that all out of the way...if you (1) are...
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As I was channeling my inner Bill Wilson and making magic happen to my new pistol, my wife made a comment about putting a mat down to protect the table. I classically responded with something along the lines of "I'm not an idiot/I know what I'm doing".
Whelp- as you can foretell, my punch slipped while putting the guts in the mainspring housing (good lord there's a lot of tension stored in that spring) and I put a perfectly round dent in our beautiful maplewood kitchen table. Ok, ok- I put two perfectly round dent(s) in our beautiful maplewood kitchen table (but who's counting).
Naturally I was smart enough to act quickly and throw a new tablecloth on the the table after finishing my gunsmithing business but I was left with 'evidence' of my wife being right & apparently supporting that I am in fact an idiot.
So maybe this is common knowledge but I researched online for suggestions to 'fix' it. I came across a suggestion where I took a thick shop towel and folded it up after drenching it with scalding hot water and placing the towel directly over my... transgressions I'll call it. I then put a dry kitchen towel above it.
Well dang- that actually worked and helped raise the dents surprisingly well. It's not 100% but certainly made a measurable difference.
So wrapping things up here- if you find you accidentally proved your wife right and jacked up your table, maybe try the hot rag trick.
-LD
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