Here's How To Remove Rings From Your Table The Right Way

We've all been there. You've just cleaned the house, the kitchen table looks spotless, and suddenly you notice a ring on your perfectly polished surface. Even if you try to use a coaster at all times, those pesky rings always seem to pop up. The good news is that, just because they're a pain, it doesn't mean that you have to wait for them to fade.

For cloudy or white rings, Purewow explains that you can use an unlikely cleaning tool to facilitate their removal — a hair dryer. Head to your bathroom and grab your hair dryer, then blast the stain with warm air. According to the outlet, if the stain is well-set, it may involve up to 15 minutes of application, so get ready for the long haul if the mark has been joining you for meals since last Thanksgiving. Position the dryer a few inches away from the stain and watch as it begins to fade. But, Sabrina Fierman, vice president of luxury cleaning service, New York's Little Elves, tells Architectural Digest, "Be sure to move the dryer around so there is no direct heat and the wood doesn't overheat."

To finish the process, apply olive oil, mineral oil or even mayonnaise. Giving your wood surface the oil it needs to shine, you'll find your table as good as new.

While the hairdryer trick seems to work on even well-set stains, if the ring has a black or dark hue, you'll likely need to get your table refinished, Purewow notes. This means that the liquid has moved all the way into the wood and is now trapped underneath the finish.

But, if you're not keen on using a hair dryer, according to Architectural Digest, you can head to your medicine cabinet for another unlikely cleaning supply — toothpaste. Using a non-whitening and non-gel variety, you can apply it to the wood, making sure to rub it in the same direction as the grain. From here wipe it off and then polish the wood to finish. Mayonnaise or petroleum jelly can also do the trick, the outlet adds. Apply either substance to a cloth and gently massage in a circular motion on the stain. "If the stain is not removed completely, apply more product and leave on for an hour or two and try again," Fierman says.

When you see a white ring, it certainly doesn't have to be permanent. Head to your pantry or your medicine cabinet for cleaning supplies that double as other products!