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You’re cleaning up after a dinner party and notice some fresh, white heat stains on your dining room table—what can you do to remove them? Heat stains form when hot objects, like a casserole dish, cause the wood’s pores to expand and trap moisture and other debris. Thankfully, there are a variety of remedies to treat heat stains that don’t involve hauling your table to a stain removal expert. That’s why we’ve put together a handy list of ways to remove heat stains from wood using common household materials. If you’re ready to make your wood furniture look good as new, keep reading!
Things You Should Know
- Use heat from a hair dryer or an iron to reopen the wood’s pores and evaporate the moisture that caused the stain.
- Apply oily products like mayonnaise, petroleum jelly, or olive oil with a cloth or fine-grade steel wool to penetrate the wood and lift the stain.
- Sand away the stain and refinish the wood as a last resort. When in doubt, take your heat stained wood to a professional to avoid accidental damage.
Steps
Warnings
- Check for wood damage every minute or 2 while you treat the stain, regardless of which method you choose. Too much heat or abrasion can damage your wood even more than the original heat stain.[19]⧼thumbs_response⧽
References
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