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One day while I was away, my helper used Pledge floor shiner on my dining room table. I am not sure if it is wax or just some kind of shiner. (The information is all in Chinese).  I have checked the Pledge site, but there is not a picture of the exact same bottle. Anyway, she also used the wrong kind of cloth as well, so that the result is being able to see huge wiping marks all over my wooden dining room table.  The table already had a rather shiny finish to begin with. No amount of water or elbow grease will budge these marks. What shall I do to get my table back to like before? De-waxing stuff? Sand it down and refinish? Any other suggestions?  Thank you!

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Hi Joan
Nice to hear from you.
Oh goodness, sorry this has happened.
But help is on the way LOL.
Get a small can of mineral spirits (sold as varsol in Canada).
And I liked your reference to "de-waxing stuff" because this is.
Dampen a soft cloth with the spirits and wipe all this crap off.
Then a nice waxing.
Good Luck
Regards
Eileen

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