I love my dining room table, I have a TON of wonderful memories that include it.
Epic games of Phase 10 and Bananagrams.
Wonderful meals shared with people I love.
It was the first piece of furniture that we saved up for and bought from an actual furniture store. Not a thrift store, not a goodwill, we didn't find it on the side of the road. No, I walked in to an Ashley Furniture in Jacksonville, FL and specifically chose this piece.
So I was beyond bummed when it took quite a beating in the first few days of being in our house.
En route from our storage area in T's uncles garage it got two huge gouges on the top, and then at my nephews birthday party a hot pizza box sat on it all night leaving a horse head shaped white mark.
You can't tell me that doesn't look like a horse head, just a little bit.
My original plan was to paint the table when we move again, I was thinking a black table with four different colored chairs could be really cool!
But on a whim I googled "removing white marks from wood"
I had read that mayonaise can remove white marks, but the thought of rubbing mayo into my table top kind of makes me want to hurl!
This article I read today said that a steam iron would remove the white marks if you ran it lightly over the wood either hovering slightly over it or using a thin towel or t-shirt to absorb the heat.
I figured it was worth a try because if it didn't work or made it worse I would just go ahead with my idea of painting the table in the future.
No horse head!!!
The initial pass made the white mark completely disappear, but as the steam evaporated from my table top the mark reappeared. So I got a bit more agressive and left the iron on for a little longer. I wiped the table top off after each swipe to make sure that no unecessary water stayed on the top.
After a few passes it completely disappeared.
I'm amzed!
While I was at it I gave the scratches a hit of my favorite furniture scratch remover.
They are still slightly visable but not nearly as intense.
Now my table is ready for company again!
Want to come over for dinner?
WHO KNEW?!? That is awesome. Our house here in Gibraltar came with a table which we promptly ruined in the same way. I was planning on having to pay for it when we moved, but now...well, I will be giving your trick a try!
ReplyDeleteCool! Love the results!!
ReplyDeleteI would so love to come to dinner....too bad it would take so many hours to make it happen...
A nice and easy fix and much better than having to paint, which is a task that I avoid as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I want to come for dinner. I love coming to your house.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to come to your house if the road was not so long. :) You go gal! Way to fix that table. Hugs :)
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