Which product to clean a stain caused by a dish that is too hot on wood ? Sometimes without thinking we leave a saucepan, a cup of coffee or a hot pizza box on a table or one wooden furniture which leaves a trace looking like a discoloration or again to one burn. How then to take off this task ?
3 tips before removing a stain from wood
1- Before detaching a piece of furniture
Start by dusting wood
2 – If you need to remove a stain from wood
always pour the stain remover on the cloth and never directly on the wood
3 – do not rub the wood in any way
Clean upalways in the direction of the grain.
15 tips to remove a white trace due to a dish that is too hot:
1 – Cork stopper
Gently rub the trace on the wood with a wine cork stopper.
2 – Ash and olive oil
Mmix cold ash with olive oil then rubsz with a cloth, making circles.
3 –Hot water
Boil some water then pour it directly on the stain, wipe off immediately with a dry cloth.
To be on the safe side, test boiling water on a small area before emptying your kettle onto the table.
4 – Camphor spirit
Rub the varnished wood with a cloth impregnated with spirit of camphor.
Camphor Spirit is an alcohol and camphor based lotion usually used for muscle pain.
It can be found in pharmacies.
5- Linseed oil / turpentine
If a dish or a cup of tea that is too hot has left a white spot on the varnished wood, apply a woolen cloth soaked in a mixture of two parts of linseed oil + one part of turpentine, making it penetrate well.
Rub the wood vigorously.
6- Oil and household alcohol
Rub the stain with a soft cloth dampened with olive oil and household alcohol.
7 – Oil and salt
Apply to the white spot two to three minutes a paste of olive oil and salt, then rub the wood with a cloth.
8- Coffee grounds and bran
Rub the white spot, in concentric circles, with a cloth soaked in a decoction of coffee grounds or sieved bran, then with a cloth moistened with petroleum.
9- Wax milk
Rub the stained wood for a long time, in circular motions, with a soft and thick cloth, impregnated with wax milk.
We sell wax milk in a liter bottle at Boutique Toutpratique
10- Polish
Rub the heat-bleached wood with a cloth dampened with polish or cabinetmaker’s cookware.
Leave to dry.
Then shine.
How to remove a black mark from a dish that’s too hot
11 – 70 ° alcohol
On waxed wood, remove the wax with a little alcohol.
Wait for the wood to dry.
Then re-color with stain or wax from the color of the wood.
And finally, wax again a piece of furniture in wood in full with emphasis on the detached area.
12 – Abrasive sponge and washing up liquid
Rub the wood with a damp abrasive sponge with two to three drops of washing up liquid.
Work in the direction of the grain.
Wipe with a damp cloth.
Then dry with an old pantyhose
13 – Ink eraser
Rub them stains with a schoolboy eraser, ink side.
14 – Sandpaper
Remove these stains rubbing them very gently with very, very fine sandpaper.
Then polish.
15 – Clay stone
Rub the stain with a sponge soaked in clay stone.
We sell clay stone at Boutique Toutpratique
Deep burn on the wood what to do:
Scratch the burn, and the hands protected by household, fill the gap with wood filler.
Use your finger if the hole is small and a spatula or a plaster knife if the notch is larger.
Let dry then sand with an abrasive paper to smooth and remove the excess.
Then apply :
– of the wax if it is a waxed furniture
– of varnish tinted if it is a varnished cabinet