Unfortunately this happens all to often (especially if you have children or friends who haven't heard of coasters). You move a hot or cold drink only to find a big ugly water mark on your wooden table. Ughhh! Rebecca found this guy on her coffee table and thought the table was ruined. She tried a trick that had worked in the past, olive oil rubbed over the stain. Nothing. Homemade Nana suggested mayo on it. Nothing. Auntie said she had heard that regular toothpaste would remove a water ring. Again nothing! So we started scouring the internet and found howtogetridofstuff.com . They suggested using a hair dryer or an iron to get rid of water rings. Could that work here? We gave it a try.We used a blow dryer on high. We held it fairly close to the stain. Slowly it stared disappearing! YEA!!!!
After about 20 minutes the stain was almost completely gone. We put a little olive oil on it to moisturize the wood. The results were amazing!!
wow!!! thanks... gonna try this on my china/wine cabinet!! I was thinking I'd have to strip it and paint it, to look like a decent piece of furniture again:)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I found you!! Woow woot! I am so doing this to my antique buffet. Some constructions guys put their cups on my buffet when they were here and ruined it with water rings. I'm a new follower!
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No kidding! That is amazing. thanks for the great tip. I thought anything with a water ring on it was ruined. So happy to have this tip!
DeleteGlad you found something that worked so it didn't ruin the table !!
ReplyDeleteWowwzas!!! Looks amazing
ReplyDeleteO.M.G. I had milk rings from when my son was a baby...he's 3 now...Thank you soooo much! Found this on Pinterest.
ReplyDeleteJust tried this on our wooden end table with rings that were cause by water condensation ... it resulted in taking the varnish sealant right off. Now I've got pitted rings and faded varnish in my wood from where the stains use to be. Not sure which is better -- the original rings or this end result.
ReplyDeleteI suggest you use this method with caution.
I have done it with an iron over a towel and it worked wonders too. :)
ReplyDeleteI did this trick on a white steam mark that had been on my dining table for years. It took just a few minutes and came right out. So happy to not have to strategically place table runners or tablecloths to hide it anymore!
ReplyDeleteI had a white steam mark on my expensive kitchen table from someone putting something too hot on it. Everyone that looked at it said it needed to be refinished that was all that would fix it. This took about 45 min but I dare anyone to find where it was. Thanks!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG My husband and I just tried this on an end table we were trying to sell. It not only had a ring, but multiple rings on top of the other. It was one big white spot. We didn't believe it would work but we tried it. The wood grain and color came back right before our eyes!!! Thank you, thank you for sharing this amazing trick!
ReplyDeleteTime will cure it too, the reason the ring is there is moisture trapped in the varnish. I put a hot pizza in it's box on my heirloom table and the moisture created a pizza sized white mark .... I debated over refinishing the top, but with two toddlers in the house it would be 'well loved' anyway. Now a year later, you can't even tell the pizza was ever there. The hair dryer simply speeds up the moisture removal process ... good tip!
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I'm glad you posted this. I've got the same issue, but from fresh hot cookies cooling on newspaper. Several round white marks....
DeleteTime will NOT cure most water/steam stains! The issue should be addressed IMMEDIATELY if you want to save the piece of furniture. Sounds like Lorena got lucky.
DeleteThis works but takes a long time - be prepared to spend some time with your blow dryer close to the wood.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! I will definitely try this!!
ReplyDeletehavent tried this but i tried the iron trick someone mentioned on a table that had a water stain for over 20 years and it got most of the coloring out of. Also got a 15 year old koolaid stain out of the table as well. young child and unprotected tables are bad.
ReplyDeleteFound you on Pinterest. Fantastic tip! The stain was gone in just a few minutes and saved having to sand and revarnish. Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteWoooooooooooow!
ReplyDeleteWould this work on wood floor water stains?
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you, thank you! I just used the iron idea on my table and it looks like brand new again! I have had it covered with a table cloth for over 7 years now! I am so happy!
ReplyDeleteprobably won't work for a spot from nail polish remover will it?? think I need to re-finish...
ReplyDeleteTried this trick on my dining table and it worked great! I had also tried the mayo and the olive oil with no success, so this was a pleasant surprise! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've just removed 7 rings from my danish sideboard (thanks to boyfriend). Tried the hairdryer, but ended up with the iron over paper towels. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey people...I needed a hot iron kept on the move to make it work well. I have some tiny bubbles in the varnish where I was distracted and held the iron in one place for too long (I thought this only had oil on it and I'm a trained restorer!!)which I rubbed back with fine abrasive paper and hit with the furniture polish. Marvellous!
ReplyDeleteMake a paste of ashes from the fireplace and water. Rub it around a little bit with a paper towel. Erases it like magic. Repeat if it doesn't quite get it all. Finish up with some Pledge revitalizing oil - if needed.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if the kind of wood is important, but I was burning oak and hickory in my fireplace yesterday and used the ashes to fix a very ugly white mark left by a bowl of hot soup on my wood desk today.
Trying this now on a steam mark, looks like a miracle to me...thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteworked in 5 minutes for me with a blow dryer
ReplyDeleteWow! So cool that it worked. I just pinned this. :)
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ReplyDeleteWhat about hand sanitizer spots on wood ? It looks like water stains but its not any suggestions ??
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing it was the alcohol in the hand sanitizer - which can be very damaging to the finish. I did a search online. Several people suggested rubbing linseed oil or lemon oil on an alcohol stain on wood. Good luck! Let us know if you find something that works for you!
DeleteReally great tip for a water ring stain removal !
ReplyDeleteI manage to find a great website with homemade stain removers and a tips on how to remove any stain here: How to remove stains .
Tako a look, the site is fantastic !
I recieved a bought of Christmas flowers, they used fake ribbons, water leaked on to my maple table, it now has a pink water stain! Bewary of Christmas flowers,! I may try it!
ReplyDeleteI just tried it and it works!! Only used the hair dryer for about a minute then used the olive oil. I kept going back to check to see if the mark would return and it hasn't! Thank you for sharing....
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