Stains left on Mahogany dresser from spraying Lysol on it

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Stains left on Mahogany dresser from spraying Lysol on it

My 9yr old was trying to clean her room and decided her dresser need "cleaning". She sprayed Lysol desinfectant on every drawer! Now there are big white spots where she sprayed. Is in that location annihilation that can remove the stain or will I take to refinish the dresser? It is solid mahogany and was going to be refinished in the future.

Any advice would be huge!

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I'd effort the following items in the following sequence, until the white spots are gone.

i) Apply a hair dryer assault Medium, & accident warm air over the spots
2) Dampen a cloth with denatured alcohol. Then using a quick motion, like a plane coming in for a landing and so taking off over again, go over the spots
3) Rub olive oil over the spots, first with just your finger. Await 24 hours. If no change, try the same matter, only rub it in with a piece of brown paper bag
4) Go to hardware or pigment store & get "fine" steel wool. It'south chosen "4-Oh". Lightly rub this over the area.

If any of these steps work, wipe the area clean with dry paper towels, and and so apply an automotive polishing compound to the damaged expanse. Only do this if the sheen of the damaged area is duller than the surrounding areas. If it'south non, apply a practiced paste wax to the entire surface. If it is, utilize the polishing chemical compound, wipe information technology off, and then employ a good paste wax

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Re: Stains left on Mahogany dresser from spraying Lysol on information technology

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I recollect this worked. I am waiting for 24 hours to be 100% sure, but the marks left by Lysol Disinfectant appear to exist gone. I'll admit the can of Lysol mentions non to use the product on polished woods, but it says this cached deep in the instructions (not in bold, non up where it mentions the places information technology recommends using it, etc.). I sprayed the entire table lightly and fortunately that didn't cause any damage. But the problem was made when I sprayed my remotes and set them on the table to dry. I was left with amazingly clear white cloudy impressions of my remotes.

I hesitated to try the technique listed here considering information technology sounded terribly easy to really screw up my surface more, merely after trying other techniques from other posts (including rubbing in mayo), I figured I better try this since my only other option was to phone call a refinisher.

I only had to leave the hair dryer on the affected area for most xxx seconds and then I used a somewhat rough terry-cloth shop towel with the denatured alcohol and did as you said with making passes, similar an airplane landing and taking off. And then I used olive oil. I concluded up working olive oil into the side by side panels on my forest table so they all had the same finish. After that I let information technology sit for 20 minutes and then rubbed off the excess olive oil with a dissimilar shop towel.

Then far the table looks meliorate than it did before I messed it upwards. THANK You lot. My heart was totally coming out of my chest when I thought I had ruined our new table.

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Re: Stains left on Mahogany dresser from spraying Lysol on information technology

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Thanks for posting these directions. I too didn't realize Lysol disinfectant spray couldn't be used on forest. However, your directions were spot on. I used the hairdryer on medium and then made quick swipes over the marks with alcohol. That was enough to repair the impairment. Fortunately, it didn't have off the finish. Appreciate your assist.