How to Remove White Rings & Haze From Finishes and Furniture

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  • Learn how to make those annoying white rings and water hazes disappear from your fine furniture.
    Joshua explains that the white haze is actually moisture that is trapped in the finish. He demonstrates on an old board that has finish that has deteriorated.
    The finish is soluble in ethanol, which can be determined with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, which indicates that is likely shellac.
    To repair the white ring, we have to re-saturate the finish with alcohol. This will allow the moisture to escape and repair the damaged finish.
    The trick is to not over saturate the surface with alcohol. This is best achieved through alcohol vapor. Joshua demonstrates several ways to introduce alcohol vapor to the damaged area.
    Joshua Klein is a furniture conservator/maker and is the founder of Mortise & Tenon Magazine.
    For more from Josh, check out www.shopwoodworking.com/10-ess...
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  • @teresabourbouli7647
    @teresabourbouli7647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I had an awful huge white water/heat stain on my beautiful dining table and was really desperate. I looked it up on youtube and found your video. Applied immediately two of your methods , the alcohol dampened pad first . it removed most of the stain but a white milky shadow persisted so I tried the alcohol dampened paper towel in a glass . It removed the rest of the stain. I have never commented to any video so far but I felt the need to thank you this time . The stain is completely gone. No damage to the table finish visible. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

  • @jameswilksey
    @jameswilksey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ignore the clickbait videos and listen to workshop professionals like this guy. Love reading the comments too. Good luck to you.

  • @lindsaytaylor2967
    @lindsaytaylor2967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I cannot believe this worked thank you handsome wood man you saved my life

  • @meaningfulquotes
    @meaningfulquotes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    What actually worked best for me was rubbing the inside of a cup with the hand sanitizer and placing it upside down on the table. No drips and the fume chamber worked even better than the paper towel!

    • @eccdraws
      @eccdraws 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you applied the hand sanitizer to the cuop? without the cloth?

    • @pas100watts
      @pas100watts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Followed your tip and gone are those spots. Amazing!

    • @ruthgunneson-poling1571
      @ruthgunneson-poling1571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@eccdrawsyes. She smeared hand sanitizer on the inside of her cup. Using a finger most likely.

    • @ruthgunneson-poling1571
      @ruthgunneson-poling1571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're a genius! Thanks for sharing!

    • @TC-yi3ue
      @TC-yi3ue 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This WORKED PERFECTLY!! LIFESAVER!! THANK YOUUUUUU

  • @AuntNolee
    @AuntNolee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My mother passed away in July and I inherited her antique dining table (a beautiful, colonial dining table). I ate at this table as a child and I served her meals at this table for years in her later years. It has great sentimental value to me. A friend who was visiting from out of town sat a hot entree on the table and I didn't notice until after she'd left. I thought the finish was ruined. Your calm and thoughtful presentation was so reassuring. I used the vapor method and it worked! Thank you so, so much!

  • @truckstopmedia
    @truckstopmedia 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dude this video literally just saved my life. I thought I'd destroyed a friend's dresser with a hot cup of tea. A variation of your hand-sanitizer trick worked like a charm - it looks better than it did before I set my cup down now. Can't thank you enough!

  • @juliancoulden1753
    @juliancoulden1753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Very helpful and so well presented. Articulate and sensitive to your subject! A pleasure to watch!

  • @wdavidson4761
    @wdavidson4761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love your presentation and love of subject , and desire to help others. When you said “vapor chamber” I smiled as I slowly got it about solvent compatibility ! Your technique worked beautifully on several embedded white haze on a shellac finish. Thank you kind and noble sir !

  • @robras8805
    @robras8805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One more comment...Every other video on TH-cam uses irons or heat guns. Thank goodness I found this video. I had a white mark that was so big. I don't want to overstate how incredible this method is...but WOW. Brilliant.

  • @davidchristensen2153
    @davidchristensen2153 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The hand sanitizer method worked like magic! And your explanations are beautifully clear and sensible. Thank you very much!

  • @michaelmanning7954
    @michaelmanning7954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing that you took your mentors advice and enhanced it. That shows you know your craft as an expert!

  • @tomwells3108
    @tomwells3108 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have to thank you for doing this video! I was visiting my dad and put a cup of coffee that I was drinking on top of a folded up paper towel on top of a desk. It was furniture that was my grandfathers. When I lifted up my cup and paper towel. There were two great big white rings on the top of the desk. The finish on the desk is actually flawless. Your video totally worked with the hand sanitizer!

  • @elenaperales8847
    @elenaperales8847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 2020... totally worth my hand sanitizer!!! My beautiful home office desk ruined by a steamed veggie bowl. Fixed in 5 minutes! Thank You Thank You Joshua!!!!!!!!

  • @lawrencehincker8652
    @lawrencehincker8652 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A veritable chemistry lesson. Very informative and useful. You have good delivery making the technique understandable.

  • @jeremybokor6845
    @jeremybokor6845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad I found this. The hand sanitizer method worked 100% to remove a light haze from my wood coffee table. Followed the instructions to the tee. Thanks for posting!

  • @sandrajean8765
    @sandrajean8765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm so grateful to have found this post! The hand sanitizer on a paper towel trick absolutely worked to remove a large cloudy stain on my mahogany veneer table top. Thank you!!!!

  • @alexmcwalters4293
    @alexmcwalters4293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A big thanks for your help. We accidentally spilt hot green tea on our oak breakfast table this morning, leaving a large white bloom on the surface. Was considering using the hot iron and tea towel method but didn't like the idea of introducing a hot iron to the table surface. Just used the kitchen towel and hand sanitiser method. 4 x 1 minute placing of the kitchen towel and sanitiser, has removed all signs of the white bloom. Never commented on anything online before but we are so happy with the results, just had to say a big thank you. All the best. Alex... England.

  • @frankcarter8655
    @frankcarter8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The process worked perfectly on the top of an antique dresser. It took six minutes, in one minute intervals. I am thrilled to have that white mark gone.

  • @scott-jc5nd
    @scott-jc5nd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You are such a great teacher!
    Well done!

  • @lauraknollman-brown3514
    @lauraknollman-brown3514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am astounded by how well this works. Rings on a pine dresser some probably more than 5 years old, gone in less than 30 minutes.... I am speechless. Thank you so so much.

  • @drath5679
    @drath5679 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had a customer who had moisture in their poly and your hand sanitizer trick saved me a ton of work amazing!! Thank you so much, a trick I'll never forget... cannot thank you enough.

  • @finemc28
    @finemc28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. Worked on a new water mark and on an old one. Using the timer is critical as you say. I did 4 minutes at a time and 1 to 4 times did the trick. I placed a glass upside down over the paper towel to help concentrate the alcohol.

  • @Protboczkowski
    @Protboczkowski 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, you were the only one (or the first I found) who explained why stains happen. Thank you.

  • @megwatts1903
    @megwatts1903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had to steam a guitar neck off an acoustic for a neck reset. It was stubborn so I spent more time on the area than I would have liked. Result: finish blush. I tried a whole bunch of guitar repair channels to no avail and then stumbled upon yours. Method 2 worked like a charm. I've done some French polishing in the past so I had the "feel" for the tampon. Giggity. Thanks so much for the clear explanation and the technique. Cheers!

  • @jamie01
    @jamie01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!
    You have gotten me out of a very sticky situation and I am eternally grateful!!!
    -------
    This method worked a treat!!!

  • @edyalderson597
    @edyalderson597 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This totally worked! Thank you so much. My husband left a cup of boiling water on the coffee table playing with his steam engine and there was a huge white ring. In the end I needed to soak a swab in alcohol and sit it on top with a glass over, more extreme than you recommended. It was a pretty modern table, only made in the last 20years, not an antique, but this harsher method worked so well. Thank you!

  • @nextjin
    @nextjin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The hand sanitizer trick is s absolutely genius. This dude should have his own TH-cam channel.

  • @papey3
    @papey3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you! The hand gel on a paper towel technique worked amazingly well on our oak table.

  • @larrieannmayfield4087
    @larrieannmayfield4087 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    👍🏾Thank you so much I tried the hand sanitizer and followed your directions my table is back to its original finish.

  • @amandasaddler3973
    @amandasaddler3973 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was sceptical that this would work but it works like magic - thank you so much for this simple fix! We have a beautiful antique dresser and over the years people have put damp bottles/glasses on it that have left white rings. Broke my heart! Tried hand sanitizer - didn't quite do the trick, so resorted to alcohol and it looks like new! Thank you!!

  • @aaronaldrich7552
    @aaronaldrich7552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and I heated up a plate of leftovers. I sat down my table and enjoyed my meal only to find out that my hot plate left a white heat stain on my table!
    I just fixed my table with hand sanitizer and a paper towel! So thankful for this video!!

  • @AB-gn8oh
    @AB-gn8oh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great instructive video! Thank you very much from the UK.

  • @christiexavier1872
    @christiexavier1872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful advice very sensitive and very well presented. Congratulations. Such a pleasure to watch your presentation.

  • @ivanmurraylee3885
    @ivanmurraylee3885 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worked like a charm on the vapor chamber...man I owe a big big thanks.real appreciated

  • @carolynn3615
    @carolynn3615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, I'm amazed! Wish I took a before and after! Thank you.. took a few times, but definitely worked! 100% unnoticeable 😊

  • @ianmceuen
    @ianmceuen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You saved me from a potential major fight with my wife. Hand sanitizer worked like a charm!

    • @ros4395
      @ros4395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was hand sanitizer that did that to mine

  • @VintageSeniorService
    @VintageSeniorService ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! This technique worked beautifully on an antique headboard.

  • @perrimcc
    @perrimcc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tripped on puppy and put hot mug on sideboard thanks to you I was able to get rid of the white ring from mug and white from splashes in about 10mins with hand sanitiser, I’m delighted, thank you so much 😁👏

  • @milkhousecustomwoodworks4368
    @milkhousecustomwoodworks4368 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well spoken and informative. Thanks

  • @JoannatheSuperFox
    @JoannatheSuperFox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you! I had a nasty heat damage ring on my beautiful table! Just used the gel and paper towel trick and worked like a dream!

  • @jacksprat3100
    @jacksprat3100 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent, You give sound good advice, without trying to sell us something, thank you and greetings from NW England

  • @milhouse14
    @milhouse14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Worked for the white spots in my wooden floor. Thank you so much.

  • @garyharriss5322
    @garyharriss5322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best video on the subject I have seen

  • @animallove203
    @animallove203 ปีที่แล้ว

    The hand sanitiser on paper towel worked out amazingly! Thanks for the great advice.

  • @nwadtrah
    @nwadtrah ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! I used the hand sanitiser method to remove a large white spot from an antique sewing table today - it was like magic! 👏🏻

  • @Ah_Bo
    @Ah_Bo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just followed you hand sanitizer instructions and saved our large dinning table just in time for Christmas.

  • @marilember
    @marilember 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You're a life saver! Didn't realise it was so easy to remove this nasty water stain that i was looking at for months! ❤

    • @StaticBlaster
      @StaticBlaster 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what method did you use? if i may ask.

  • @garybown9360
    @garybown9360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I damaged my dining room table with something wet and greasy no idea what leaked but it left a cloudy mark. I was about to throw the table away as it looked awful. Very sceptical after viewing this video ....but it worked! It took 2 hours of treatment and because I had left it months before there is a small residual mark but hardly noticeable. Thank you for this informative video

  • @foxxyladie5
    @foxxyladie5 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can’t express how much this video blessed me!! Using the sanitizer was like magic

  • @haroldnussenfeld936
    @haroldnussenfeld936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive. Great lesson. Well-delivered.

  • @envoyousent5782
    @envoyousent5782 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, this really works and helped me out as i put a hot plate on my dads table and it left a really bad white stain. This method took out the stain and saved me getting earache from my dad for ruining his table.. thanks so much. 😁

  • @jbensson
    @jbensson ปีที่แล้ว

    Just used the papper towel method on my wife's vintage table, she inherited from her grandmother, that I almost destroyed working on clothing (ironing) and it worked like a charm. Thanks you

  • @fludderkiddie
    @fludderkiddie ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my God… Thank you for this…
    My sons goldfish had to be relocated temporarily for the holiday season and he was placed upon one of my Hitchcock tables. His little filter got moved around and started spewing water all over the table so it was just covered in white (goldfish was fine)
    I literally just dumped some alcohol on a towel, white the white spots down with the alcohol with a plugged in hairdryer at the ready, and the moment the white disappeared (which was IMMEDIATELY) I rubbed it down with wood milk. Coming from the town in NW CT that is the home of the original Hitchcock chair furniture company-My family owns a ton of antique furniture, especially Hitchcock furniture. I can’t believe I am 41 years old and I am just learning this now but thank you. This was a lifesaver

  • @johnliu4569
    @johnliu4569 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and great help. I used your gel method repaired many patches on my $3500 dining table. Thank you so much.

  • @josephromero1596
    @josephromero1596 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg thank you- I’m cured when it comes to all clear/top coat finishes and no matter if it spray paint or brush on Polly I often get haze spots and have to sand it off and switch top coats or other drawn out fixes - I tried the alcohol on my most recent haze blunder and it worked!!!!😎

  • @danieldykes1743
    @danieldykes1743 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is so cool! Worked like a charm for my table.

  • @pumehanawebb3262
    @pumehanawebb3262 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So very helpful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it. It worked effortlessly. We used your hand sanitizer and paper towel method. You are a lifesaver I mean wood saver!

  • @nancylarkin2251
    @nancylarkin2251 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used the first method with the hand sanitizer and it worked great!!! Thanks for the good advice.

  • @kenhoward8406
    @kenhoward8406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used a paper towel with alcohol stuffed up into a glass, and it worked perfectly. In fact, I would say it was miraculous. Fixed a spot in a beautiful antique table. There is no sign of the discoloration. Thank you so much!

    • @devenidarock
      @devenidarock ปีที่แล้ว

      How long did you apply this method? Thanx!

    • @kenhoward8406
      @kenhoward8406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@devenidarock It was a while ago, but I would say it took about 30 minutes.

  • @rsvendsen6810
    @rsvendsen6810 ปีที่แล้ว

    The hand sanitizer worked!!! Amazing. Thanks for saving my table.

  • @TerrySullivan773
    @TerrySullivan773 ปีที่แล้ว

    This worked like a charm on my wood floors! I had to do it a couple three times in some cases and watch the time for each application!

  • @leahnix2105
    @leahnix2105 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just tried the hand sanitizer on a paper towel on my table top and worked like a charm! Thank you very much :-)

  • @maureenmathieson7404
    @maureenmathieson7404 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for this, what a simple and effective trick using the paper towel and hand sanitiser. It worked fantastically well and my oak furniture land tables look brand new.

  • @scotthesaltine516
    @scotthesaltine516 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tried the alcohol with shop towel technique on my lacquered cherry bar top. A bottle of liquor had left several white hazy rings and spots in the bar top - very bad looking! I used hand sanitizer gel on shop towel for about 2 minutes- worked fantastic!! Thanks so much for the smart tip.

  • @edwardball6086
    @edwardball6086 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. Works like a dream for me.

  • @ashleysetser1226
    @ashleysetser1226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hand sanitizer worked when no other method did!!! Thank you!

  • @AlfredoCosta77
    @AlfredoCosta77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This totally worked for me!! Thank you very much

  • @marshke
    @marshke 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sanitizing gel on a paper towel worked like magic on my dining table white water rings. Thanks a million!

  • @LiloUkulele
    @LiloUkulele 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent solution!

  • @alanpohlod1638
    @alanpohlod1638 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Very helpful video!

  • @AnyHouseCleaning
    @AnyHouseCleaning 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super professional. Well done video. Thank you

  • @terrywilliams759
    @terrywilliams759 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much for your tip it really helped with our table it really works with the alcohol on the paper towel

  • @robras8805
    @robras8805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just can't believe this worked! It's like a miracle. I am shocked. Just saved my dining room table from a sauce pan size white haze mark my goofy nephew made. THANK YOU

  • @beenaseymourdsouza1773
    @beenaseymourdsouza1773 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much. I wanted to removed those coffee mug stains from my side tables and your method worked brilliantly. Thanks and God bless you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @jeffyoung5923
    @jeffyoung5923 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just did this and really worked. Dang. We put a cup over the hand sanitizer rag to concentrate the fumes a little more. Such a great method. Thanks so much.

  • @suerossi
    @suerossi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this really worked. Thank you!

  • @jayPecentage
    @jayPecentage ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much!! Solution number 3 worked .

  • @flgirl1607
    @flgirl1607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It worked. Thanks you so much.

  • @StudioAlegiani
    @StudioAlegiani 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a lacquered finish to deal with and didn't have any retarder handy, nor any way to suspend lacquer in a gel. So I tried what he talked about at the beginning of the video. I fastened a lacquer thinner soaked paper towel to the bottom of a plastic cup. I placed the cup upside down on the surface, and it worked ! It was slow, requiring patience (took almost an hour). I had to remove the cup every so often to let the finish harden back up. It would get very slightly tacky after a while of having the cup on it and getting the exposure to the lacquer thinner vapors.
    Great trick! A huge thanks for sharing this.

    • @jesusbarbosa9
      @jesusbarbosa9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SFWoodWiz I’m having to fix a top for my client and the top has a lacquer finish as well so I was thinking of doing the same thing you did then I ran into your comment to realize that it would work. Thank you for commenting!

  • @talistuart6049
    @talistuart6049 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    April 2024. Thank you!!! I had 6 patches on a table at work, so this saved me so much.
    Wish I'd taken a before and after pic.

  • @dwainedibbly
    @dwainedibbly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally someone who knows what they are talking about

    • @ecorneiro
      @ecorneiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      dwainedibbly .

  • @PabloDiCarlo
    @PabloDiCarlo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow! it's incredible. Thank you so much! I gonna try right now.

  • @kristelsantos515
    @kristelsantos515 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, got an awesome table at a thrift shop. Tried this method with hand sanitizer. At first it looks like it got worse and then it got better! I'm so happy with my $10 table even more now. Ty for the tip!

  • @stefaniea4930
    @stefaniea4930 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much, my husband put a hot container on our new table living a a white stain, I almost died but with your help I was able to fix it!! Thank you, thank you!!

  • @ginetteminor7724
    @ginetteminor7724 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG....you are such a life saver!!! It totally worked on my chairs that had steam damage from removing a back panel held in with glue. Thank-you!

  • @wnorful
    @wnorful 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Accidentally left paper plates on top of place mats overnight (after having lobster) which bled through and white spotted my wooden table. The technique with the hand sanitizer worked wonderfully. Thank you!

  • @GrowingWithSelene
    @GrowingWithSelene 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Toddler got permanent marker on my desk, so I removed it with hairspray like I normally do. Well this time it left a cloudy haze. Use the hand sanitizer on a paper towel and worked like magic! Takes some time, but glad it worked!! Thank you!

  • @claudiabarboza2675
    @claudiabarboza2675 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW so helpful, I just did it with the hand sanitizer, amazing!!! thank you, I was so upset because my favorite table was damaged

  • @lucyaron6761
    @lucyaron6761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s brilliant! Thanks so much. The white mark has gone!

  • @bakadollie9217
    @bakadollie9217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this video! I just got a vintage table from a friend and put a potted plant on it. I guess the bottom part was still wet and when I removed the plant the table had a white circle on it. I honestly thought I ruined it permanently but thank youtube and this channel for stating otherwise 🙏

  • @dcnfamilyify
    @dcnfamilyify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The hand sanitizer worked amazingly. Easy Quick.

  • @nazarniazi5502
    @nazarniazi5502 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, sir, it was help full

  • @coriedaniel4516
    @coriedaniel4516 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fantastic it works so well

  • @cynthiahenderson1288
    @cynthiahenderson1288 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! The alcohol really worked. Thank you so much!

  • @Swamie55
    @Swamie55 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video on this subject. I like the the suspended cup idea ! I think Ill try that method with lacquer and see what happens,,

  • @nnnbooks1211
    @nnnbooks1211 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. This helped

  • @colinsmith7576
    @colinsmith7576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicely explained

  • @Bonzzii
    @Bonzzii ปีที่แล้ว

    It worked. Thank you

  • @joejoe9397
    @joejoe9397 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome video 👍

  • @jazzy2k1293
    @jazzy2k1293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I'm trying to pay attention about the stain removal process however I'm all into how cute this guy is!! My mom is gonna kick my ass for this stain on this coffee table lol help!!