On 6/25/2013 12:14 AM, zxcvbob wrote:
> Someone at my house put a nice-looking but inexpensive (Walmart) bamboo
> cutting board in the dishwasher -- on the "potscrubber" cycle with the
> sanitizer water heater selected, and also heat-dry. As you can imagine,
> it warped badly and is almost unusable. I'm trying to straighten it out.
>
> I've wet it on both sides and put it on the countertop with about 60
> pounds of dumbbells on top. That almost takes the warp out, and I'm
> hoping it will sag overnight and flatten completely. No idea how much
> it will spring back when I take the weight off. I took the weights off
> after about an hour to see if it was doing anything and it was
> definitely straighter -- but not anywhere near enough.
>
> Anybody have a better idea? I think I'm on the right track but might
> need to run it thru the dishwasher again and weigh it down while it's
> still hot. Sort of like steaming it.


Yo have the right idea but 60 pounds may not be enough weight. Soak the
board really well in very hot water (at least an hour) then sandwich it
between two pieces of plywood... then put it in front of the front wheel
of your car and roll on top of it and let it sit overnight or for a day.

And that seems like a lot of trouble for a cheap board, but it could be
fun to try, assuming you have some scrap plywood lying around.

George L