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How do I repair a water damage to an oak table?

Our conservatory leaked after a bout of heavy rain and soaked through the covering we had protecting our new table. It was then very hot in the conservatory and we then noticed a large white water stain on our table?
How can we repair this? The table is only 1mth old!
Dionne, August 2008
I have just had the same thing happen to me through a conservatory roof onto a wooden chest. I found a great tip is to place a teatowel on top of the water mark area and iron over the top. Hold the iron still on the affected area for about 5 seconds, remove the tea towel and wipe off the sweat mark. I had to repeat it about 5 times on each area but it removed the marks! It works by drawing the water out with heat. I think it only works on white water marks not black marks as when it is black the water is too deep into the wood. Hope that works for you!

Olly Baldwyn, December 2008