I just wanted to share a tip I found online for removing heat marks from varnished furniture. You need an iron and a folded cotton cloth or pillowcase with a bigger area than the iron's soleplate.
Put the cloth over the mark and put the iron on - the temperature needs to be low, comfortable enough to put your hand on the base for about 20-30 seconds before you need to move it. I started at our iron's minimum temperature and increased it a little to achieve this. No steam if it's a steam iron. Then just put the iron over the covered mark. Leave it alone - no need to constantly move it, but the key is to let it work slowly. I kept going to check periodically and could tell this was working. It won't damage the furniture as it just isn't hot enough and the cloth absorbs and distributes some of the heat . After several hours this had removed two huge round marks from an antique table and I've started on the marks on top of an eBay bargain cabinet.
The reason this works is because the marks are caused by the heat in whatever was set down on the furniture drawing moisture up from within the wood, but the moisture is then trapped below the surface finish, leaving cloudy marks. When you use an iron like this it slowly draws the trapped moisture through into the cloth.
Anyway, minimal effort and a bit of patience. No messing up the varnish, sanding or anything like that.
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wowfudge · 28/09/2016 13:48
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