Now anyone who has ever taken on a home renovation project will know that no matter what size it is there is stuff you expect to have to do and stuff that you never do, but end up doing anyways. Ironing my kitchen floor definitely falls into the second camp.
Despite knowing that the floor boards in the kitchen are quite soft (i.e. bruise like a peach) and that stilettos don't mix with wood floors I threw caution to the wind last night. So after a good half hour of tramping back and forth making dinner I happened to look down to find my floor looking like someone had taken a meat tenderizer to it. EEK! All that hard work down the drain....
So once I stopped hyperventilating about the floor I did what all girls in such a situation would do. I picked up my phone and called for help (in this case my Father-in-law). Now his mystical yoda like master furniture maker friend had told him some story about how to get dents out of wood. Here was the perfect chance to test this out. The solution...iron the wood.
You are probably pretty sceptical, but let me explain the mechanics. Take one iron and put it on really hot and steam. While heating up take a piece of thin cotton (I used a napkin) and get it pretty wet, but not dripping. Spread cloth flat over dent and use prepped iron to iron the piece of cloth. Now when the hot iron hits the cloth it will hiss quite a lot and force out steam. This steam works into the dented fibers of the wood and expands them..et voila no dents.
Was I sceptical? Yes. Did it work? Pretty well, but can still see some dents. I think next time though I'll just take my shoes off.
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