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Has anyone had any success with the internet methods. 🤔
Or is it a case of refinishing? It's a cup ring on teak specifically.
It does depend on what the teak has been finished with and is the ring due to heat or for example, a tannin stain from tea? I guess with teak it is most likely some oil or wax finish
It may well require re finishing unfortunately.
Ah bummer, thought this might be the case. It's a 2nd hand item on its way to me via Evilbay.
Not seen the mark first hand but I think it's s good bet it'll be oiled.
Hot dry iron & brown paper followed up with a bit of pledge oil well worth a try. Regularly have surprisingly good results on well-used ercol elmwood coffee & dining tables here.
Used the hot iron on a tea towel method with great success on a few occasions. Certainly worth a shot before you try anything more drastic.
Similar to the hot iron and tea towel I've used a hair dryer or heat gun very successfully but it does depend on the finish. I tend to keep my hand right next to the bit I'm working on so there is zero chance of it getting scorched. I just warm it to quite hot so I can easily touch it. The mark disappears quite quickly if it's going to go at all
Consider my optimism engaged!
Heat gun with fingers adjacent to stain is going to be my opening gambit.
Oxalic acid, both cheap and efficacious. Watch a few YTs.
If it's popular English G Plan teak then expect it to be varnished not oiled.
Oxalic acid, both cheap and efficacious. Watch a few YTs.
if its a water stain in the fibres of the wood definitely this but if its finish related it will do heehaw
I made a table using oak veneer and finished it with Osmo Polyx. It didn't take long for curry and red wine to stain it. The stains went into the fibres of the wood. I sanded the whole top down and the stains were still there. A bit of scrubbing with Barkeepers Friend (cheap oxalic acid mix from B&Q) sorted it. I then varnished it with a Matt varnish and it looks great.
You'll have to google it for exact details but we used vaseline to remove some rings before and it worked well. I think it somehow draws the water out.