This is going to be a quick write up, for a quick fix.

The other day I purchased a weight bench on Facebook marketplace and was very excited at first sight because it was in incredible condition. That is, until I noticed the piles of tools and various items that had been left to sit on the bench padding.

With piles of dust on everything, I knew that this stuff had been sitting on the bench for a long time, and the padding was sure to be dented permanently. Or so I thought.

After taking to google, and following my query with “Reddit” hoping to find a post in a Reddit page on how to get dents out of weight bench padding, I discovered that there hardly was anything on the internet about this. So I’ve decided to write my own post.

The answer: STEAM.

I have a garment steamer at home from my days of having to use the laundromat and always having wrinkly clothing. Sure enough, as quickly as the steam gets rid of wrinkles in clothing, so too does it remove indentation in the foam padding on your bench.

I wish I could attach a video to this post as well, because it’s astonishing how quickly these dents came out. I only made about 4/5 passes over each dent and they were gone. No more than 10 seconds spent per dent.

Again, not really a major post. Just hope that maybe this can help some poor soul searching for answers on google some day, as I have been the past few days.