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How To Remove 'White' Watermarks From Your Furniture: If the water mark on your wood furniture is white, then you can probably repair the damage yourself. Black water marks require much more work because that's a sign that the water has gotten beneath the surface finish to damage the wood. Here are the items you will need to remove a white water mark from your furniture: *0000 steel wool *Car Wax (Wax, not polishing or rubbing compound which will scratch your furniture) *Scratch remover for cars *Clean rags, and some *Cooking oil |
James H. Taylor, Wood Furniture Repair and Restoration Information Centre |
Pour about 1 teaspoon of oil directly on the watermark, then rub the mark very gently with the steel wool, moving with the grain of the wood, not across it. Do this for about a minute then wipe it clean to see how much of the mark you have removed. You only want the scratch the surface of the finish to remove the mark, so carefully repeat this step, using as little pressure as possible, until the mark is gone. Next, apply the car wax according to the directions on the can. You need to do this in order to remove the scratch marks left by the steel wool. You’ll have to do the entire surface in order to get an even sheen. |