Think I've ruined my oak kitchen worktop :( - help!

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So I sandpapered out some old marks and stuff and then saw you could use ordinary sunflower oil to treat the wood, so I treated the patches with that as a temporary measure.

Finally got some more proper worktop oil and of course it won't go over the patches

What are my options...

You'll need something to draw the oil out. I'll have a look for something suitable.

After extensive use of the Googles the best suggestion I found was one reply on a forum which suggested rubbing with fine steel wool that's been dipped in lemon juice. Apparently the acid breaks the cooking oil down. Good luck.

I don't know why the oil won't work. Are you using something like Teak Oil or Danish oil, which is mixed with white spirit to make it soak in faster? I sometimes use linseed oil on hardwoods, thinning the first few coats with white spirit to soak in, then applying a few unthinned coats which gloss the surface.

sponging your sunflower oil with white spirit will help clean it off, but vegetable oils go tacky, then harden, with exposure to the air, and are hard to get off when set.

p.s.

wire wool will leave fragments of steel in the wood, which will make little rust spots and stain the surface, unless you are somehow able to remove every trace.

you will need to sand out the area
go a little deeper to get rid out the ingravaed colour

when did you put the cooking oil on?

baby talc draws the oil out if it was recent, you literally pour it on and leave overnight

I did it a few weeks ago :(

It's Howdens work top oil - so no idea what it really is probably danish oil? Says it needs 7 coats.

I will white spirit I guess then sand. I don't mind that it's a different colour it just doesn't seem protected IYSWIM.

7 coats? how long to dry?
danish is around 3 coats applied correctly

Just read the tin

Solvent based, 4-5 coats for the topside, 2-3 for non-exposed areas
touch dry 2-4 hours
second coat can be applied after 6-8 hours

If you don't wipe away spilt blobs it dries like resin FOREVER