Topic: Has my GF ruined our coffee table

[baggieboy]

Hi there , i went out last thursday and spent a fortune on furniture for our living room in our flat. So today my girlfriend decided to wipe the coffee table with a baby wipe  >:( >:(

Now there are white streaks all over the top of it  :'( :'(

Is there anything i can do to remove them, or shall i just kill her now??

thanks

[rosebud]

Is it wood? if so wipe with an almost dry cloth then, polish with a little OLIVE OIL and let it dry then buff it up.  I hope this works for you it does for me & lots of other peeps.   Also if you ever scratch wood,  bite a Brazil nut in half and rub it over the scratch the same way as the grain goes. always works may need a second rub  if a bad scratch. Hope this helps in some small way.  Rosebud. ;D

[baggieboy]

thanks rose bud,

the streaks are all over the table top so do i use just a little olive oil all over?

[Biscombe]

Buy a nice runner!!

[baggieboy]

rosebud you are a star.....wiped olive oil over the top now no more white streaks

tyvvm   ;D

[rosebud]

My pleasure. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[kenkew]

I've said it before, an' I'll say it again......that there rosebud is something else....Got to be Yorkshire blood in there somewhere.

Let's hear it for...................

[rosebud]

Yes Ken, there certainly is Yorkshire blood and plenty of  it i am very proud to say, just how did you know??. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[kenkew]

Takes one to know one.

[rosebud]

I am on my way Ken, just get me coat keep them spuds warm . Thats a real yorkshire pud there Lad. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[cornykev]

Rosebud now for your next trick. Kid brought home one them glow bracelet and neckace thingys you get from kids partys she left them on our antique pine table,  in the morning they had leaked and made made marks on the table any ideas.

[Hyacinth]

What's the substance inside them?

[cornykev]

Haven't a clue Alish but its sort of stripped the varnish off the size of a straw.

[rosebud]

Kev, try wipeing with a damp cloth and rubbing a nut on it about 3 times during the day so it soaks in.i do not know if it works on pine but does on any dark wood , but do give it a try and let me know.  Brazil nut.
 
  What about SPURS last Sunday, :'( :'( Opppps i`ll get me coat byeeeeee. ;D ;D ;D

[cornykev]

Cheers Rosebud I'll give it a go, yep we are struggling a bit at the moment a good win the weekend should sort that  .P.S. say hello to Sam from me.  ;D ;D ;D

[rosebud]

If that does not work try a small amount of LINSEED oil should do the trick.

They need to show some bottle on Sunday thats for sure , will say hello to sammy.

[OliveOil]

Brown vinegar - my grandad was a french polisher and brown vinegar is what he uses for things liek this!  Just pour it over and leave it for a couple of hours

[OliveOil]

BTW baby wipes are lethal!  I remember when mine were young i would push them under the sofa - if one was poking out of the packet and it touched the fabric of the sofa it would leave a dirty bleachy browny stain!

Just think if they can do that to your table, what are they doing to baby?

[baggieboy]

Just think if they can do that to your table, what are they doing to baby?

I know and these are  the fragrence free ones supposedly natural  ???

[Deb P]

With my midwife head on, I have to say that when I worked on the community I could tell which mums used babywipes and who used ordinary water by the state of their babies bums!

Loads of nappy rash in the wipes babies. Wipes are ok for the odd use when out travelling, but I personally would not recommend them for prolonged or 'usual' use, water and cotton wool work just fine! ;D

As you say, when you see what it has done to the finish on a table.....ouch! :-\