The Secret To Fixing Your Woodworking Finish
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- We take pride in our woodworking finishes and it's painful to see a glass cause a water ring on a beautiful project you built. There are a lot of home remedies for removing white water rings on wood tables. Some could be legit. Some…seem sketchy. I picked three of the more outlandish ways to remove water rings from a table: toothpaste, mayonnaise, and fire! Can these methods truly fix that woodworking finish that was damaged by water?
Toothpaste seems to be commonly recommended. But there’s conflicting stories online whether you should use whiting vs non-whiting toothpaste to remove water rings. People vary on how much to scrub the table. Did the toothpaste remove the water rings in my project? You’ll have to watch the video and see!
I was more hopeful to try mayonnaise to remove water rings because so many people talk about it and it’s oily, which could make sense in certain situations. I slathered my test board that serves as my table with mayo and was a bit shocked at what I saw.
The craziest method I’ve heard of is lighting your wood table on fire to remove water rings. As a woodworker, this worries me. I don’t want to ruin my beautiful wood table, but I gave it a shot. The theory is the fire burns very fast and sucks the moisture out of the finish, instantly removing the water rings. Think it worked?
Ultimately, nothing is going to be better than refinishing our woodworking project by resanding it and applying a new coat of finish. But these were still fun to try out!
Charles Neil’s video of using fire to remove water rings: • Removing White Rings
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--⏱️Timestamps⏱️--
0:00 Crazy Ways to Remove Water Rings
0:25 Water Rings on Lacquer
1:17 Remove Water Rings with Toothpaste
4:23 Use Mayonnaise to Remove Water Rings
8:43 Testing Different Wood Finishes
11:05 Using Fire to Remove Water Rings
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Is it just me or does some sandpaper and a new coat of finish seem like a crazy idea?
If it's a POLY finish, grab something heavy (phone book), clean dry towels, and a heating pad. Place the towel over the ring, then the heating pad on medium, then the phone book. Every couple of hours switch out the towel. What happens is the head softens the POLY enough for the trapped water to escape into the towels. Works great for pizza box rings too!
Thanks for the suggestion re: using a heating pad. Tried an iron before - but a hearing pad makes sense
Just the knowledge of what causes the light water rings vs the dark rings, worth the watch.
The experiment and humor after icing on the cake! 🙂
Appreciate the video! I have young kids who always make a mess, and I decided to use an epoxy garage floor product on the oak dining table I built. It looks alright and is now totally impervious to water, kid's paint and food.
Iron set on medium and slowly rubbed over it (use cotton cloth or a paper bag as a barrier)
thanks
Hello, I love your videos, especially your cutting boards, you know about the mayonnaise if it works, I say this with experience, I have repaired many wooden furniture and floors with this technique, only I leave a good amount on the stain and let it rest minimum 12 hours. 99% of the time it works perfectly. but with wood veneer furniture it does not work very well since the finish depends a lot on the result
My left eardrum will never forgive you for suggesting Charles Neil's video!
Very interesting thanks for sharing
Wait a month and report back. Once the oils in the mayo dry, I bet the ring reappears. It's just oiling the surface (some soaks into the wood) like an oil polish like Old English Oil. It's temporary.
I am crying laughing watching this 😂 Subbed
I'll bet motor oil would work as good as mayo. Fun video, good end to my day.
I'll have to test it. I think it will. But I want to see how it impacts the color of the wood.
Fantastic testing, Billy! 😃
But now I'm hungry again... And I want some mayonnaise. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I've done mayo on hardwood floors and hardwood paneling. It worked amazing I just buffed b it till there was no residue left. I dont recommend it though it smells horrible if left on for too long.
Hey, dude, don't diss the flamingo method, man! That sh!t works a treat...ESPECIALLY in the North-West corner of your uncle's mansion in Southern England. C'mon!😉😁🤣
“Mmmmm…..mayo”-Homer Simpson
But how does Miracle Whip perform?
i glad you said ,,pet your flamingo,, and not spank your monkey ,, this video is so entertaining, love this experiment videos
My book, yes a book, says fire works for shelac
What could have removed those white rings: Sand off the old finish, apply new one.
Toothpaste or no Toothpaste all I want to know is will you be using mouthwash or no mouthwash and will you be flossing or not flossing 🤔😳, Hmmm I'm beginning to wonder .
P.s does the timber now smell fresh and minty 😅😂🤪. Mayonnaise 🤣😂😆🤪😳 I really really really don't know what or where you've been watching or looking at but I'm beginning to think you're definitely getting your chain yanked and a lot!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
P.s the mayonnaise is it full fat or the slimming world's type of thing that's supposed to be better for you 🫣🤔
Just take the mayo and make yourself a sandwich.
Bill
I do have this giant jar of mayo now so might as well!
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Maybe you don’t light the alcohol in fire; but just let it evaporate???🤔🤔🤔🤔
I tried it but cut it out of the video. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
If mayonnaise does that to wood finish, imagine what it does to your stomach!
Makes it look pretty and shiney? :3