Quote Originally Posted by ozzbike View Post
Can I recommend the steam clothes iron and wet cloth as opposed to the soldering iron. The clothes iron will spread the heat across a wider area....the soldering iron is very localised....but is very good for small tight dents and areas you can't get with a clothes iron.

e.g. wet the timber in the area you want to swell up.....get a damp rag....I use a wet tea towel. Lay over the are of wood. Place the clothes iron onto the tea towel. The iron is on maximum temperature and with steam functioning on.

Repeat and check and repeat and check until you have the desired result. Now let it dry for at least 12 hours....then sand and away you go again.
Thank a lot for going into so much detail! I'll give it a go tomorrow.