repairing an indented japanese tub by using the natural quality of wood to absorb water

repairing a hump in the wood

The tub was delivered yesterday.\nThank you ever so much for everything again.\nWe, however, made a few mistakes and I would like therefore to ask you for some additional advice.\n\nFirst of all, we forgot to read the paper attached to the plastic cover of the tub (we were so excited, like little kids, to open our present !!!), we realised afterwards that we should have left it wrapped in, since the bathroom is not yet ready. What should we do (humidity level, dust etc.) ?\n\nAlso, there was a small accident while opening the crate. The damage I mentioned to you on the phone was only on the crate, and there was no trace of damage on the tub itself, so that is resolved. However, we used a hammer to loosen the side boards of the crate, and the hammer must have rebounced and hit the top edge of the tub on both sides, at the height of the brand. I'll send you the pictures when I get them on my computer from my neighbour. That means that we will probably have to sand down the whole top of the tub all around to make the marks disappear. Is that the right thing to do ? Are there special instruction for that matter as far as making the slanted edge, and/or treating the wood once sanded ? Is the wood treated, or is it only treated at the bottom ?\n\nEverything would have been perfect, were it not for our impatience and uneducated use of that hammer...\n\nWith my warmest regards,\n