Pale ring marks on kitchen worktop any fix/solution?

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This is my son's Howdens (UK) kitchen worktop about three years old witha formica like material, (grey stone like, presumably printedsub-surface); with a lightly textured finish on top. The ring stains wethink are from mugs left on the surface with milk underneath but cant'be completely sure as the stains were not spotted at the time, onlyafterwards.We searched online but can find nothing helpful at all. Has anyone else found a solution to fixing this? Abrasion type cleaning treatment has no effect apart from polishing thesurface texture, which is an adverse result and has absolutely no effecton the stains which seems to be a lightening in the grey pigment of thesub-surface printing. Bit of a forlorn hope but thought we would ask here!

Ed P · Accepted Answer

You can try bleach, but put some in a hidden spot to be sure it does not cause damage.

The stain may be a permanent chemical reaction change to the countertop material, not something left on the surface. If that is the case, nothing will remove them

invalid unparseable · Answer

Surface does not look like formica which should be impervious. In trying to make it look like stone they may have given it the problems of stone. Looks like nothing you can do except maybe wax the whole surface to keep marring down.

retired1 · Answer

Here in the US we use a product called Barkeeper's Friend to remove organic stains from countertops and cookware. It contains oxalic acid which "dissolves" the stain.

Available here in most any grocery store. It appears to be available from Amazon in the UK, but with high delivery charge.

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Charlie+ · Answer

On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:22:02 -0400, Frank <"frank "@frank.net> wrote as underneath :

Thanks to all - for your thoughts - no real answer to the problem out there it seems, but apprecciated. You are right I would not expect real Formica to effectively bleach like that! C+

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