I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

wrote:

I left a tin of Danish oil on a kitchen work surface and failed to
notice that the bottom of the tin was wet with the oil. We now have a
dried rectangular mark

Oil the whole lot!

On 06/10/2016 21:15, wrote:
I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

Do the rest to match the patch ;-)



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On 06/10/2016 22:48, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/10/2016 21:15, wrote:
I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

Do the rest to match the patch ;-)



Unfortunately it's a black laminate work surface so an oiled finish
isn't really the right thing (I'm surprised that it didn't just wipe off
TBH). The work top is heading towards end of life but I expect we'll
move before needing to replace it again.
You might have the bones of a good suggestion though - I'll try rubbing
it with more Danish oil.

On 06/10/2016 21:35, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

I left a tin of Danish oil on a kitchen work surface and failed to
notice that the bottom of the tin was wet with the oil. We now have a
dried rectangular mark

Oil the whole lot!


Sadly, that's not really appropriate for laminate

On 06/10/2016 23:09, wrote:
On 06/10/2016 22:48, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/10/2016 21:15, wrote:
I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

Do the rest to match the patch ;-)



Unfortunately it's a black laminate work surface so an oiled finish
isn't really the right thing (I'm surprised that it didn't just wipe off
TBH). The work top is heading towards end of life but I expect we'll
move before needing to replace it again.
You might have the bones of a good suggestion though - I'll try rubbing
it with more Danish oil.

Maybe even (whisper it) WD40?


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Rub it with their bacon?
Actually you don't say what laminate type it is. I don't think Danish Oil
is a solvent so it should not have soaked in.
I think somebody on this list a couple of years ago reckoned that some
label glue remover that CPC sold did this trick quite well, but needed
several goes.
It was a long time ago though so for all we know it could be a banned
substance by now!
Brian

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I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

On Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:15:54 UTC+1, wrote:
I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

Petrol? Turpentine substitute? Cellulose thinners?

On 10/7/2016 8:00 AM, Brian Gaff wrote:
Rub it with their bacon?
Actually you don't say what laminate type it is. I don't think Danish Oil
is a solvent so it should not have soaked in.
I think somebody on this list a couple of years ago reckoned that some
label glue remover that CPC sold did this trick quite well, but needed
several goes.
It was a long time ago though so for all we know it could be a banned
substance by now!
Brian

I was going to suggest label remover too.

Won't mention the usual last resort :-)

On 06/10/2016 22:48, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/10/2016 21:15, wrote:
I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

Do the rest to match the patch ;-)



Brown paper over stain and a warm iron ???.. Old army uniform
trick apparently.

On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 21:15:52 +0100, wrote:

I'm mildly in the dog house because I left a tin of Danish oil on a
kitchen work surface and failed to notice that the bottom of the tin was
wet with the oil. We now have a dried rectangular mark that has resisted
IPA, white spirit and meths.
What solvent should I be using?

I get unwanted lumps of stuff like superglue from lacquered surfaces
with an old-fashioned safety razor blade. You have to get the blade
angle exactly right then it slips over the surface you are trying to
protect then slices through the material you are trying to remove. Is
that any help?

Nick
(You might wonder what superglue is doing on a lacquered surface
anyway. It's an old dodge for dealing with chips and dents in electric
guitar finishes: fill the chip with superglue, level it to the
surrounding surface, polish the lot up and if you've done it right the
damage "disappears.")

replying to nospam, Usernamerequired wrote:
Wow, are you my husband?! Hahaha - he has literally done the same thing this
week! I only noticed today in a particular light!

Have you found anything that works? I've done quite a bit of googling, and
have so far tried some Bar Keepers Friend. It seems to have helped a bit, and
I'm going to have another go tomorrow...

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