Heat Marks on Polished Tables
Dear Aunt Daisy, I have two tables which have been very badly used by having hot dishes and hot water bowls left on them, during the sickness of my husband. As several friends want to know too, how to remove these marks, could we have a reply in The Listener. Thank you for the help you always give us.
Mrs, J.,
Waituna
West.
Yes, Mrs. J., that is an ever-present | worry with housewives, and we have two or three letters a week asking the same thing. To prevent them in the first place it is quite a~-good idea to paint the tables with one of those very hard clear varnishes, which will withstand the heat. However, now that the marks are here, try these methods. (1) Apply a little spirits of camphor with a soft cloth, and follow immediately with olive oil, applied with a soft pad of butter muslin stuffed with cotton wool, Always work with the grain of the wood, not against it. Or just rub in hot olive oil. (2) Make a soft pad, rub a very little linseed oil into the marks, and leave all night. Then apply French Polish with another muslin pad. French Polish can be bought at the paint shop, and use it very sparingly, rubbing gently with a circular motion for some time. (3) Metal polish rubbed softly in will often remove these marks.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 27
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237Heat Marks on Polished Tables New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 360, 17 May 1946, Page 27
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