How to Remove Silver Stains from Pine

Pine tables and other pine wood furniture are attractive, but this wood is very susceptible to heat stains caused by hot objects coming into contact with the pine wood, which tend to appear as silver or whitish stains on the wood. They will not wipe off with regular wood cleaner, but neither are they permanent. To remove silver stains from pine, all you need are a few common household items.

White cotton towel
Iron with steam function
Lemon juice
Baking soda
Wood cleaner
Cleaning rags

Instructions

- 1
  Wipe down the table with spray wood cleaner and a cleaning rag to remove any other dirt and grime from the table, making the silver stains easier to spot and treat.
- 2
  Iron the stains. Place a clean white cotton towel over the stain, and heat the iron to high. Fill the water reservoir before you start. Place the iron on top of the cloth and start ironing, making liberal use of the "steam" function. Run the iron over the cloth about 10 times.
- 3
  Lift the cloth. If the silver stains are gone, you are finished. If not, proceed to step 4. Likely the stains will be lighter even if they have not disappeared completely.
- 4
  Rub down the table with lemon juice and baking powder. Make a paste using the two ingredients by sprinkling first the baking powder and then the lemon juice on the table. Start with 2 tbsp. of baking powder and 2 tsp. of lemon juice. Scrub the silver stains with a cleaning rag to help remove them without damaging the finish of the table. This is particularly effective if the source of the stains was a hot food box, like a pizza box, since sometimes grease residue compounds the problem and is hard to remove.
- 5
  Wipe down the table with the spray wood cleaner to remove all residue from the stain removal process and leave your pine furniture bright, shiny and stain-free.

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