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Water stain on wood table mayonnaise.
The mayo treatment is convenient and will generally take care of most water marks.
No matter how careful you are water stains happen to wood furniture.
The same table after mayonnaise water stain treatment.
You can usually get rid of them with a liberal application of mayonnaise.
Rub the area with an oily furniture polish mayonnaise or petroleum jelly.
These stains which are usually dark instead of white or gray often.
White rings on wood furniture reflect the moisture that has soaked into the top layers of the wood finish.
Assuming method 1 gets no results it s worthwhile to experiment with what may at first sound like an odd thing to put on furniture.
If the stain disappears good.
The goal is to displace the water mark with the oil.
Put a little toothpaste on a wet cloth and rub the stain gently until the spot disappears.
If the stain is still there try step 2.
Similarly mayonnaise is an ineffective remedy for water stains that have penetrated the finish and discolored the wood.
Use mayonnaise to remove water stains from wood.