I have a solid core door with Masonite facing to be used as an assembly table. It sits on a flat well supported melamine surface.
Problem with it is there is a 1/16" hollow across the width and a smaller hollow along the length. In other words, it's banana shaped, hollow up both across and along.
My thought is to get out my #7 and plane across the width to take down the long edges and then along the length to flatten the lengthwise hollow. When I'm done I can adhere a sacrificial Masonite sheet to cover up the plane marks: I'm not going to be smooth planing this air-craft carrier.
The question is, can I actually hand plane a Masonite face?
Thanks for any thoughts.