Hi,
I managed to damage the wooden top of a new hi-fi speaker. The scrape was caused by the corner of a plastic foldable crate (rounded not sharp). The mark is across the grain and the indentations are deepest where the grain is soft and less where the grain is hard, so I assume this is real wood not veneered chipboard. The wood is open grained (I assume pine or spruce), stained black (not painted, you can see the grain as variations in black/grey) and polished/thin varnish).
I have heard of using heat to raise such indentations in wood but not sure how to do it. I don't feel like placing a hot iron on my new speaker :-) .
Does anyone know how to do this or can you suggest other possible techniques I could try?
Thanks for any suggestions,
John Smith.