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Accent Tables - How to Remove Scratches

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Accent Tables - How to Remove Scratches and Stains From Them
By Jennifer Akre

If you're like most people, you take an inventory of the various pieces of furniture you have in your home from time to time. Think about your accent tables. You may look at them and ask 'do they still fit with the décor style you are moving towards in the house?' Are they still sturdy enough to do their job? Are there any dents, dings or stains that are making them unsightly?

While some of these things have definite answers that you can't do anything about, there are others that you do have a little control over - like the scratches and stains.

Let's start with scratches.

For the most part, scratches on accent tables are small and come from something as simple as a person's ring sliding across the surface of the table. In this case all you need to do is likely look in your pen and marker drawer, find a color that is very close to your table and color in the scratch. You may want to use a cloth to rub the ink in to make it blend in a little more.

If you're really lucky, you may even have some stain that's the same color as your accent tables in the garage, a little dab of that, rubbed in with a cloth, and the table will look as good as new.

Now onto the harder stuff - stains.

The most common stains that are spotted on accent tables are water stains. As soon as someone in the house has a glass in their hand, all of your accent tables and the rest of your furniture are in harms way.

It seems many people don't think about the condensation that is building on the outside of their glasses when they set them down on your furniture. Perhaps they live in a home with only plastic furniture. Whatever the reason, they don't think about the fact that the condensation on that glass is going to go down, thanks to gravity, and try to sink into your wood tabletops.

The longer their glass is there, and still condensing, the worse that white ring is going to be once they move the glass. To think, all of this could have been avoided if they just used a coaster. Now it's too late. Or maybe not.

The key to getting rid of water stains on your accent tables is to be patient. You need to let the spot completely dry before you try to fix it. If you act too quickly, you could seal water in the wood, which is only going to make matters worse in the long run.

Once you are sure the spot has completely dried, you need to go to the fridge and get some mayonnaise. Yes, you read that right, mayonnaise. The important thing is to make sure you have real mayonnaise, not some of those other items. Use a soft cloth and rub the mayonnaise into the wooden table top. The oil from the mayonnaise will sink into the wood and nourish it, making it look new again.

Author Jennifer Akre is an owner of many niche online stores providing consumers with products and information relating to furnishing and decorating indoor and outdoor living spaces. No matter what you what to do, whether it is refreshing the look of your living room or building on outdoor spot ideal for taking in the weather, there is plenty of helpful advice to help make that happen. Today, she shares her insight when investing in lavish console tables and functional accent tables. Each would be a great purchase.

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You are now one step closer to knowing how to repair anything and everything around the home.