# Stain Removal and Bare Pine Furniture

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stain-removal-and-bare-pine-furniture/226420>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 28, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stain-removal-and-bare-pine-furniture/226420 "2004-01-28T15:20:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stain-removal-and-bare-pine-furniture/226420/1 "2004-01-28T15:20:41Z")

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Another riveting GQ thread coming up.

I have a large bare (distressed?) pine table and six chairs, which I am hoping to sell. There are some stains on the table - nothing huge, just ring marks and some grease stains. Before I advertise it for sale, I would like to remove the stains if it’s not too laborious a task. Any ideas how I can go about this - would steel wool followed by waxing do the trick? Bear in mind that I’m a complete novice and any treatment that involves a risk of ruining the table probably isn’t worth the grief.