How to remove a watermark from a wooden surface

I am sure that all the Auckland people are very over doing intensive care on their houses however this really works and will bring you joy.

Andrea was sitting at my coffee table a few weeks ago - you know, when we still had a life - when she commented on the nasty watermark. I hadn’t realised that the bottom of a plant pot was porous and had put it straight on to the table and it had slowly seeped into the wood.

It had happened ages ago and had really upset me so I had put a large china tray on the spot and the plants now lived on that.

However, I had had people in for drinks and so had moved my small forest of greenery into the bedroom and hadn’t got around to putting it back.

Andrea decided that she would try out a method of removing watermarks that she had read about. I had already tried the cut walnut and bit of carefully applied nugget - it was a dark table so, rather reluctantly, I allowed her to give it a try.

She got a thin tea towel and the iron, set the iron on medium (not steam) and ironed the spot - it was like a miracle - the white patch (it was quite large) totally disappeared. We then tried a faint cup mark and that went too.

Now this is an all care and no responsibility hint but it has certainly worked for us.