Spent 8 hours fighting a warped cabinet door today

Customer brought in a maple door that was twisted about 3/16 of an inch. I tried clamping it flat with the face down on the bench, then added heat from a heat gun, but it just sprung back after cooling. Took me trying a steam iron and wet towel method from a YouTube channel before it finally flattened out enough to hang right. Anybody got a go-to trick for those stubborn twist cases that actually works every time?

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the_lee22h ago

Heat gun never works for me on maple. Wet towel and a clothes iron is the way to go, glad that did the trick.

wendysmith21h ago

Used to swear by just clamping and heat but man that wet towel trick completely changed my mind after fighting with it for years on maple.