I managed to get a big WD40 stain on a nice piece of unvarnished wood. Is there any way to remove it or minimise it ? ie something to try to draw it back out of the wood?
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Removing stain on unvarnished wood
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Oil the rest of it to match?
(with proper wood oil, not more WD40!)
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+1, nothing else will work IME
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Wait?
A lot of the WD-40 is Stoddard solvent, and that will evaporate, perhaps leaving so little oil behind as to make it better than trying to fix it.
Thomas Prufer
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That's certainly another possibility. Warmth will help it evaporate. But if it is a big stain I would not be optimistic. I think the proportion of non-volatiles is ~ 1%.
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I managed to stain cardboard with WD-40. Rather than ruin the print with solvents, I left it -- also as a reminder to be more careful.
The oily non-volatiles were no longer visible later, must have been months to years though.
You *could* wash the wood with lacquer thinner or acetone...
Thomas Prufer