Stain, Stain, Go Away! Ever gasped after a kid accidentally left a giant scratch in the skin of your dining room table? Or cringed when a well-intentioned adult incidentally knocked over a drink onto your pretty wood coffee table? Well, fear not. One of the finest features of wood furniture is that it is straightforward to touch up or replenish its original luster. Little nicks and scratches can mostly be camouflaged with the aid of a store-bought scratch cover product. For bigger scratches, try employing a felt tip pen or shoe polish in a color closely matched to the finish of the furniture piece. Shoe polish applicator bottles crammed with the stain work best for the cover-up job, as do Sharpie markers. Coloring in the scratch is straightforward and shockingly effective. Shed annoying water spots on your wood furniture by permitting the spots to dry utterly, then rubbing real mayo onto it with a soft material, until the spots vanish. Erase color rings left on tables by cups and glasses with a home-made mix of fag ashes and cooking oil. Prep the stain first by scrubbing it with an abrasive pad or sandpaper. Then, rub the oil and ash mixture into the wood. And what about candle wax, marring the pretty finish of your wood dining room table? Wait till the wax cools, then apply ice. Once the wax becomes very tough and fragile, delicately scrape it off with a plastic spatula. Ultimately , polish the table with a rich cream polish, and buff away any residue. Stop significant damage to your wood furniture by taking care not to station it in direct daylight. Unless you're going for the weathered picnic table look, shield all wood furniture from the drying influence of the sun.