Matt And Ramona Magically Make White Heat Mark On Table Disappear Forever

After buying the perfect dining room table for our condo we took a chance on fixing an ugly white heat mark with nothing more than an iron and a white cloth. We thought we would make the stain worse but to our amazement the heat mark disappeared after only seconds under the iron. We couldn't believe it! How does heat fix a problem that was created by heat? Bizarre!!

I once paid $500 to have my mother's table refinished after I put a hot pot on top by accident. If I had only known! This works unbelievable and costs nothing!!

The secret is the steam and the cloth. I did this on the lowest setting and was able to fix other small blemishes as well (under 5 mins of work). I think water gets trapped in the finish of the wood and the steam helps it to evaporate away. Or maybe not. Now we are not so nervous about wrecking our table if we accidently put something hot on it. Go ahead. Try it yourself! (Fixing yours I mean)

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• heat mark
• heat spot
• white spot
• water mark
• refinish table
• tabletop

[ezcuchame831]

I went to Home Depot today and they told me I had to pretty much sand my table down and re-stain it to get the white marks out. I googled "white mark on table" and gave this a shot. IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my table is good as new. Thank you so much for posting this.

[MattLovesRamona]

@ezcuchame831 This is why I had to share this. When I was 14 I did this to my mothers brand new table and she was none to impressed. I paid $500 to get it fixed. If I had only known...

[hotmr2]

would this work for veneer dining table???

[MattLovesRamona]

@hotmr2 I don't know but it would probably work. My friend fixed her coffee table the same way and it's probably veneer too. I would make a heat mark somewhere where you can't see it and then fix it and see the results. Let us know if you try it! :)

[pumpkinitis]

@hotmr2 Yes it works great on my veneer table but it's so old that there is just a spot or so that I can't get out.

[pumpkinitis]

@hotmr2 Yes, it works on veneer. Just tried it and now I believe in magic....and chemistry of course. Some areas didn't work quite as well but it is a really old table and some of the water marks were simply too much. Over all, with my veneer table, the surface nearly looks new now. I noticed rubbing some oil (even mayonnaise, believe it or not) into the table worked really well, and then iron it.

[ayalas62785]

omg just did this and it worked!

[ninjabluewings]

OMG! I Need To Give You Both BIG HUGGGS! I Have Just Done This To My Gorgeous Expensive English G-Plan Vintage Dining Room Table That Had 3 Big Nasty White Burn Marks On It And Now It Looks BEAUTIFUL! And I Am So Glad I Watched Your Video And I'm Real Grateful Too Big Smiles All Round :-)

[DanRooster]

thank you!!!

[BrideBeliever]

I love it! That is so cool! Yes, you really did get an amazing deal on that table, it's beautiful.