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Water and wood: the stain guaranteed!
First of all, if the water stain you want to remove is on an antique piece of furniture, we advise you to consult an expert. It would be a shame if your wooden furniture lost value due to a water stain! Also be aware that, in all cases, the faster you act in front of a water stain, the more chances you have to save your furniture, your parquet floor or your staircase. An overturned or simply forgotten glass, an overflowing flower pot, a little awkwardness, inattention ... and patatras, your wooden surface is stained. Whether it is oiled, waxed, varnished, treated or raw, there are different methods to remove a water stain. But whatever technique you choose, be careful and respect the drying steps and times.
Wooden furniture wears out over time. Take care!
Remove white stains from waxed wood

Coffee tables are at great risk! Act as quickly as possible after a glass has fallen.
Remove dark spots on wood with sandpaper

Let's dislodge the most encrusted stains!
Bleach to remove dark stains from wood
If the stain is too deep, the sandpaper may not be adequate: you may sand the wood too much. To avoid disaster, bleach is your last resort. Protect your hands with gloves and apply bleach on your stain with a brush. Be patient and leave to act for a few hours while the stain discolours. Then use a clean sponge to clean the bleach and apply a layer of vinegar to the stain to prevent the wood from thinning even more. Let it dry and then apply light coats of varnish with a brush to recreate the original appearance of your wood. Here again, homogenize the old and the new varnish with glass wool and wax the wood one last time.
The most encrusted stains require a little work. But you will succeed!
How to remove a stain on raw wood?
Raw wood is often lighter than waxed or oiled wood, so you can allow yourself to vigorously scrub the stain with a quackgrass brush, soaked in bleach. If the stain is really encrusted, sand in the direction of the grain of the wood with sandpaper so as not to damage your furniture. One last option: you can also lighten wood with oxalic acid, also called "wood lightener", available in all good hardware stores!
On raw wood, it will be easier to homogenize the surface after removing the stain.