I recently purchased a piece of kit furniture. The kit was perhaps 10-12 years old and had been in storage for most of that time. This is a small hanging box made of walnut from a reputable kit manufacturer (Bartley Collection). Wood in this kit is pre-cut however, when I started to dry-fit the kit I noticed that most of the small pieces of lumber are cupped.
I am looking for a means to remove or correct the cupped boards. I can not plane or re-sand them flat because that would remove to much wood and the kit would not go together correctly. I remember hearing that if one wets one side of the wood and then places a heavy object on top the wood would flatten out, perhaps not totally but enough that I may be able to assemble the kit.
Is anyone familiar with this technique and willing to explain it to me. All of the parts are small and 1/2 inch thick.
Thank you
TJ Holcomb
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Hi TJ ,
If you have the means to , you could joint , plane or sand the parts flat and then modify the other parts in size . Imo your best bet may be to replace the parts and have it right .
The water can work sometimes , you can try with nothing to lose .Sorry can't give you any first hand on the water , I use it to swell dings and scratches out now and then .
good luck dusty
What was the environment of the storage place compared to where you now have the pieces.
You may well find that if you sticker the parts with space for air to move around all sides and give them a few weeks to adjust the problem will correct itself. The convex side of the cupping indicates that it has more moisture relative to the concave side now than when it was milled. It wouldn't hurt to slightly dampen the concave side before stickering but I don't really think that is the key.
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