I just got a Danish coffee table and whilst it is in pretty good condition, I noticed after wiping it down that some areas on the top have lost their shine.
Is there a method or preferred approach to get the shine back up without resorting to sanding and and other such labor intensive techniques?
What is the best way to clean the table before hand? After some research I am quite lost in the maze of danish oils, teak oils, soaps, water, polishes, steel wools and the like.
I just really want to make the shine consistent across the whole top of the table. Any tips appreciated.
What were you
wiping it down with? On many vintage items, if you just try to "wash" them with soap and water, you will notice a change in the finish. This is because they resided in a smoker's home for a period in their life.
When you wiped it down, was there a gross brown residue on the rag? The only way I have found to rid a piece of tobacco residue is to inundate it with Windex again and again and again until your rag or paper towel comes off clean.
But then, the entire wooden piece will be dull. If the piece is teak, I would then just massage in teak oil with a superfine steel wool. It will soon be glowing in no time.
(If it is walnut or pine, I would use steel wool and the appropriate color Briwax.)
Wood type
I am actually just assuming it is teak. Dansk Design - Made in Denmark is the stamp. Perhaps I should post some pics so people here can identify the wood type before I get carried away?
And Riki - your term 'dull wood' is what seems to be happening here - a few patches on an otherwise clean/lustrous table are dull. I was just wiping it down with water to get dust off - this wasn't the cause of the dull spot, but merely when I noticed them.
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