Healing brad holes in wooden worktop

[John Brown]

My wife decided to recover the piano-stool seat this morning, before leaving for work. Unfortunately, she assumed the electric nailer was still loaded with short staples, whereas in reality it contained 50mm brads. Consequently she nailed the seat securely to the kitchen worktop!
I've managed to remove it now, and pulled all the brads out, and I was wondering if there's a trick with a damp cloth and an iron, or any other method of encouraging the holes to shrink.
It's only beech(birch? [looks like beech to me, but Ikea list it as birch...]) staves (Ikea Varde range) and it's not exactly brand-new, but any advice would be welcome!

John

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Fill them with dark wood filler and point them out to her every day :wink:

You could try steaming them it might swell the fibers.

Pete

 

[andersonec]

Sounds like the holes aren't too large so could you find a small piece of beech somewhere, split into toothpick size sticks, dip into some glue, tap them in and smooth. You would see end grain but not as noticeable as a black hole????????

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I was thinking tooth picks but I think the end grain might be to dark, probably be worth an experiment.


Pete

 

[ginsters]

Color wax stick?

 

[Lee Brubaker]

I too would try a color wax stick.

Lee

 

[John Brown]

Thanks for all the suggestions, after wetting the worktops down a few times the holes are fairly insignificant.
I think the next time I sand down and oil the worktop they'll pretty much disappear.
I meant to write 30mm brads, BTW, not 50mm.

John

 

[AndyT]

Is your next project going to be a bench?

:lol:

 

[John Brown]

Is your next project going to be a bench?

:lol:

I have a bench, of sorts, in my shed, but my wife is not allowed in there...

John

 

[Setch]

I have a bench, of sorts, in my shed, but my wife is not allowed in there...

Damn right too - she'd only shoot brads into you bench...