June 22nd, 2007 in Lifestyle
How To Remove Water Stains From Wood
As small as this hack is, it had to be posted. Something this simple for a problem that so many households try desperately to prevent, it’s worth adding to your cleaning how-to’s.
Place a cotton cloth directly over the stain and with a dry iron (NO STEAM!) press down for several seconds on the cloth. Remove and check the stain. Keep doing until the watermarks are completely gone. It could take a minute or two to get the stain out completely.
Make those rings disappear and say to yourself, “No more coasters!”
How To… Remove Water Stains From Wood – [ApartmentTherapy]
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Starleads says on June 24th, 2007 at 12:39 am
good one.
John says on June 25th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Hi. I have wood floors and my wife is always getting water on them. When the water gets in the seams between the floorboards it soaks into the ends of the wood and leaves a nasty stain. I usually put down a paper towel and put a speaker or something heavy on top of it. Then I leave it for an hour and the stain is gone. For older stains it doesn’t work.
I’d like to try this iron trick on older stains to see if it will work, but I doubt it.
J-Coll says on June 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Mayonnaise works well too. Rub a little on with a cloth in a circular fashion and the water mark will come right out!
kristalina says on August 14th, 2007 at 7:02 am
Hi! Thank you for this tip. I have wood furniture and two little children’s, so your tip will help me.
vicky says on September 22nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
i would like to thank you sooo much for this tip-have an antique coffee table-had three water glass stain marks on table & have tried everything to get them out-used a cotton tea-towel and hot iron as you requested-worked like a charm-coffee table looks new again-was told might have to have top refinished-saved me time & money
thank you so much again-vicky
wooden trays says on November 26th, 2007 at 3:27 am
I’d like to try this iron trick on older stains to see if it will work, but I doubt it
Christy says on June 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Brilliant!! I did this on some REALLY old bad water stains (at least 5 years old) and it worked like a charm! Looks like a new table!
Tina says on June 20th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I heard that toothpaste (non-gel) will work too, although I’ve never tried it.
bob says on September 6th, 2008 at 7:35 am
the iron with the cloth didn’t work. all it did was to bubble the urethane finish
Jamesie P says on September 12th, 2008 at 9:42 am
This is the greatest tip of all time. Worked wanders and it has saved my ass from the old man.
in trouble says on November 19th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I agree with Bob; the iron didn’t work. I now have bubbles where there used to be a white mark! How can I fix the bubbles now?!
Robin says on December 29th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
actually works!!!! seriously…..dont disregard!!!! thank you so much.
Adam says on January 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Yup. Worked like a charm. Took about 1-2 min per stain.
Cheers! says on August 5th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
THX FOR THE IRON TRICK!
Took 10 min but the mark is completely gone. Saved me from getting my head hacked off by ex-gf.
BTW, mayo was a failure.
Cheers!