How to clean wood furniture?

**KatieInLa2** · 09-30-2005, 06:32 PM

I have a very old pine bedroom suite that belonged to my parents. They were heavy smokers and this furniture really needs to be cleaned before I use it. Do you have any suggestion on what product to use. It is solid wood with a commercial finish that was applied about forty years ago. Please help!

**PrairieRose** · 09-30-2005, 10:10 PM

I would try Murphy's Oil Soap and then give it a good going over with Watco Oil. That is really great stuff and works much better than lemon oil.

**KatieInLa2** · 10-07-2005, 01:32 PM

Thanks Lisa! Last weekend I used the Murphy oil soap with warm water. It cleaned lots of cigarette residue off the furniture. Gosh, I could believe how dark the water was.

It even disolved some tar, it just wiped off! Then I let it sit until today and I found a product called restor.a.finish. Got it from an antique store that had nice furniture so I asked her what she used and she brought out a can and showed me with some of her merchandise. It looks like it has been re-finished but was much easier. Here is a link that shows the restorer.

www.howardproducts.com

**forestdale** · 10-07-2005, 03:38 PM

Katie, that product looks really good. We sell furniture in our store and we also sell that orange oil they have there. It's great on newish furniture and gives you a nice citrus smell in the house. I think you made the right choice with your older furniture though. It would have needed more than orange oil.

**PrairieRose** · 10-07-2005, 06:52 PM

Glad you liked the Murphy's Katie, and that product looks great. I'll have to try it sometime.....maybe the next time I decide to breathe new life into some old piece of furniture