Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Remove Water Ring Stains on Fine Wood Furniture eHow.com.htm

[Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press]

Aloha Lenny,
Never tried it on water marks, but have used that 
method successfully to remove tree pitch/sap from wood and tile.
Betsy
At 04:53 PM 6/5/2010, you wrote:
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>How to Remove Water Ring Stains on Fine Wood 
>Furniture | eHow.comHas anyone used this 
>procedure? The other night I had a stemmed glass 
>with ice and some white wine. The glass was 
>sweating and left a ring on one of the tables. 
>Karen was going to purchase a guardsman water 
>ring removal system and I found this information.
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> From ehow.com water rings on fine wood furniture
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>How to Remove Water Ring Stains on Fine Wood Furniture
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>Who knew - the wonder's of mayonnaise - full 
>flavor and all the fat please - easily removes 
>water rings on your good furniture - we have 
>used this trick for years - and it really works 
>fantastically...no need to re-stain your grandmother's antiques...
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>Difficulty: Easy
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>Instructions
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>Things You'll Need:
>a.. full fat mayonnaise - 2 tablespoons
>b.. couple of paper towels
>c.. 6-12 hours wait time
>1.. Step 1
>Locate ring from leaving your favorite ice tea 
>or other cold drink that has now left a water 
>mark on your Grandmother's passed down antique table top.
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>Grab full fat mayonnaise (miracle whip OK too 
>here folks) and spread 2 tablespoons of 
>mayonnaise covering water ring like you would a BLT sandwich.
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>2.. Step 2
>Gently place paper towel over water ring and 
>slabbed on mayo - it's more to remind you that 
>the mayonnaise is there than anything else while keeping the area moist.
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>3.. Step 3
>We normally leave the mayonnaise on overnight, 
>but by 6 hours, wipe clean and voila, water ring is removed.
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>4.. Step 4
>Why does this work, you ask? The fat in the 
>mayonnaise gently gets reabsorbed into the wax 
>in the wood thereby removing water ring mark and 
>leaving you and your favorite antique table top looking fantastic...
>
>This is great in the summer when people forget 
>to use coasters under their iced drinks...
>
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