How to Remove Coffee Stains from Wood

Do you remember that cold winter night which seemed just perfect along the cozy fire with a steaming cup of coffee in your hand? You felt as if nothing could destroy the perfection of that night as you snuggled against a toss pillow, pursuing your favorite book. Yet the moment didn’t last long because somehow the coffee cup took matters in its own hand and went tumbling down on your precious wood table.

Disaster-struck you probably felt like you had destroyed the wooden table for good. Yet you didn’t have to panic, since such coffee stains can be effectively removed with swift and adequate action.

Given below are some tested and tried tips which will aid you in any such situation like this where your wooden furniture might land in a precarious situation owing to your spilled coffee. So follow the directions given below and bade goodbye to these coffee stains.

If treated quickly, coffee stains can easily come off any wooden surface without leaving behind any noticeable stains. However, if left to set in, their removal can prove to be pretty difficult. Therefore, we have devised these tips comprising of house hold ingredients which have the potential of getting rid of the most stubborn coffee stains off any wooden surface.

Things that you will require:

·  Half teas spoon of liquid laundry detergent

·  water

· One tea spoon of distilled white vinegar

· Absorbent paper towels/ clean cloths

· A clean buffing cloth

· One tea spoon of wood polish

Steps that you need to take:

1.   First of all take some absorbent paper towels and moisten them with water and half tea spoon of liquid detergent.

2.   Use these paper towels to wipe off the coffee stains off the wooden surface. This is particularly useful for fresh stains as often this step alone suffices for coffee stain removal.

3.   Wipe carefully making sure that no coffee traces are left behind. Finally, blot with fresh paper towels to ensure this.

4.   Next, you have to treat the stain which would probably have been left behind. In order to remove these coffee stains, we will have to make use of a stronger cleaning agent, which in this case happens to be white distilled vinegar.

5.   Pour 1 tea spoon of white vinegar onto the stain. Allow it to sit in the stain for a minute, so that it can carry out its cleansing action.

6.   Afterwards, take a fresh wad of paper towels and use them to wipe away vinegar and any coffee stain remnant. Finally let it air dry.

7.   In case the wood has been discolored due to this coffee stain, it is very easy to restore it to its natural shine with a simple application of wood polish.

8.      Pour 1 tea spoon of wood polish onto a clean buffing cloth and then rub this cloth in a circular motion onto the wooden surface. Give time to this polish so that it can dry off completely.

9.      Afterwards, rub the surface again with a clean buffing cloth.

10.   You can repeat this process until your desired look has been achieved.

Tip:

Mayonnaise, petroleum jelly or an oily furniture polish can also yield satisfactory results when it comes to the removal of coffee stains from wood. These substances replace the water mark with oil and then you can rub with a clean buffing cloth to restore the wood to its natural shine.