After moving here to central Pennsyltucky, I bought some used furniture for my unfurnished apartment. I really like this coffee table and didn't mind that it had a giant white ring stain on it when I purchased it. Then one day I bought a pizza and set it on the table and was saddened to see the following new stain:
The proprietor of the used furniture store told me the white ring could be removed with corroborator cleaner, but I never got around to trying it. When this new stain appeared, I figured it had to be due to either the moisture or heat from the pizza box. Then I did some trusty interweb searching and came across the ultimate stain fighting solution: steam. Luckily sawsheezle already had an amazing steam cleaner he had purchased earlier in the fiscal year. Enter the mean steaming machine:
After using the microfiber applicator and applying steam for a few seconds here are the results:
It worked guys! What happened is that the stain isn't a stain so much as it is a collection of the water vapor stuck in the polyurethane finish on the table. Steam can remove this "stain", but it can also make it worse. Just like in life, you have to find the balance between time and energy.
Anyway go buy one you turkeys.
http://www.amazon.com/Steamfast-SF-275-Canister-Steam-Cleaner/dp/B0000DBJ2J/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1406491959&sr=8-4&keywords=steam+fast
Nicely placed free weight to show that you work out. Kidding aside, it looks like it removed the finish on the table too, right? Obviously that's the plan and then just refinish it?
ReplyDeleteThe finish is still there. It just removed the trapped water vapor from the polyurethane. Looks great now.
ReplyDeleteMust just be the picture.
ReplyDeleteIncredible. I would say a few seconds of steaming beats the hell out of sanding down the poly and refinishing it. What is that wood? Is it a veneer or a solid wood coffee table?
ReplyDeleteIt's solid wood I believe. Not sure what it is. Probably expensive pecan.
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