Help, I purchased a woodtop kitchen table, I have put a plastic covering between it and my tablecloth and now I have opaque "wrinkle" marks on my table top from the plastic.

I have also cooled cookies on paper towels on the table and it has left "cookie rings".

I have tried lemon oil and polish but the marks are still visible. Is there any fix without sanding down the table and refinishing it?

It looks awful!

Linda, November 2010

Sand it down and oil it - My simple pine kitchen table suffers the odd cigarette burn mark - perhaps twice a year it gets a good sanding and a dressing with teak oil - looks much better than varnish - and as you keep it covered most of the time you might consider a nice piece of baize or just an old blanket under the tablecloth for protection.

Good luck...

Peccavi, November 2010