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What do you use to clean genuine wood cabinet doors? I can NOT use anything that will have any lingering fragrance especially citrus. Thanks

Butterfly (Their maid must not have been able to reach anything higher than

5 feet SIGH)
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Butterflywings
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Tung Oil. It is recommended highly by the people who restore sewing machines and their wood cabinets.

THough I have never used it. I can't even find it! ANd I want to!

Melissa > What do you use to clean genuine wood cabinet doors? I can NOT use anything

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Melissa in NJ

"Butterflywings" wrote in news:rNgdh.59789$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe11.phx:

I love the Queen of Clean for things like this. We have no fragrance in our house and this lady has saved me 100 times. For wood she reccomends tea! 1 quart of boiling water with 1 or 2 tea bags... let it come to room temp and use a soft cloth, keeping rag clean. If you have something extra sticky, grab an oil... and buff at it.... olive oil, baby oil.... whatever oil works with your allergies ;-) Glad you are settling in! Both of these suggestions came from the book Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean

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Jan

Murphy Oil Soap

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Jeri

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Mary

...Tung oil can be obtained quite easily...most suppliers who supply tools for fine woodworking will have it. I have also seen it on EBay as well offered by many folks.

Tung oil is quite often diluted with a solvent however...suggested solvents are citrus solvent (made from orange peel) and turpentine (pine based and strongly scented)...and if citrus allergies are an issue then you certainly won't want to use the first one..just my 2 cents worth from back in the days when I did some antique furniture restoration.

Alison

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Howdy!

Murphy's Oil Soap

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My dad was a carpenter and cabinet maker; it's what he recommended, it's what we use on our hardwood cabinets and wainscoting.

Good luck!

Ragmop/Sandy

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Sandy Ellison

Teak oil. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

So glad you asked. We seem to be world's foremost authority. Miles and miles of wood here in the Swamp home. Some of it is exquisite. Some of it is just a cut above garbage dump grade. All of it benefits from a cleaning with Murphy's. DH (the original misterclean), says his recipe is - a tiny glug of Murphy's into a bucket of water about 6 inches deep. Water must be changed constantly or you are putting dirt and sticky back on. Those blue paper towels from the 'shop' or 'garage' section work well and can be tossed. Butterfly, with months (really) of inside wood-cleaning in progress post Katrina, we did not have a problem with a scent. Perhaps you would want to try just one to see if it is a caution. Polly

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Polly Esther

Actually some truth to this. I've heard the Chinese Restaurants use their tea to clean with.... Pami

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pami

Jeri that's what I use to clean everything...1 cap to a dishpan of water form hardwood to ceramic tile to my cabinets.... Go Murphy's...hehehehe Pami

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pami

What's the finish? If it's not damaged by water, plain ol' soap and water, or detergent and water.

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Kay Lancaster

Murphy's Oil Soap always works well for me. Cuts grease like a dream, does NOT smell like citrus, and doesn't harm the wood. YMMV

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TerriLee in WA

I've gotten Tung Oil at Lowes before, in the paint section.

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TerriLee in WA

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Taria

Ah, This is one that I can answer. Never ever clean your furniture or anything wood with any thing but Guardsman's polish and wood cleaner. I learned this from my father owning a furniture store for 54 years. It is the furniture polish and cleaner recommended by your high end furniture manufacturers. It costs a little more but is well worth it. I only polish my furniture once a year and the rest of the year I use one of their cloths on the stuff. Last I got I got off ebay and it was cheap, in a store it is very expensive. Here is a link to one kit on ebay but it isn't the furniture one and the fragrance is citrus, watch for others to come up for auction because they make it fragrance free, also.

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Now I am sure some of you are going to say I have never heard of this, well I recommended it to a cooking group I am on and people have written me over and over telling me thanks, they say a kit sells for like $50.00 or more dollars at home depot or lowes or a store like that but like I said I found my last on ebay. That's one thing I miss about my father having the store.

and I don't get a commission for the stuff, either.

Jacqueline in KY

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Jacqueline in KY

Butterfly, if nothing else works, and I am sure you've had some super advice..........I have had great luck cleaning all sorts of surfaces with the Degreaser you can get in gallon jugs at Sam's Club. The scent does not linger. It takes off the most incredible layers of dried grease from every surface I have washed, though it's not much good at removing baked on grease. Wear rubber gloves, it will also peel a layer of skin from your hands. It is (relatively) inexpensive.

After cleaning and rinsing, I think a good dousing/soaking and rubbing with some kind of woodworking oil would be very effective in restoring the natural lustre (luster? I don't think so! lol) of the wood. If memory serves me right, Tung oil is the right thing, I have used it on quite a few natural wood items and it seems to be very, very good. A lovely shine and no buildup. I would have to go out to the shed to check the brand name on my supply, but I bet it won't matter what brand. One of my brothers had a shop teacher who recommended plain old mineral oil for things like knife blocks and cutting boards. I like it very much for kitchen things that get washed frequently and need re-oiling often.

Now, if someone has an idea for removing the crust from the outside of cast-iron skillets, I'd sure appreciate a tip!

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Carolyn McCarty

I like the way you label boxes. You certainly do have your priorities in order. Polly

"Butterflywings" wrote, in part > Only unpacked ONE box today and it was full of

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Polly Esther

Mineral oil does not go rancid and is not poisonous, so it is perfect for use on wood surfaces that touch foods. Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

Alton Brown recommends this method, too. For every day cleaning, he recommends scrubbing with coarse salt and a paper towel.

My method is to leave the cast iron cleaning to DH. He wanted the skillet, he can clean it. :)

(I have to admit I have been eyeing a cast iron Dutch oven, though...)

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Kathy Applebaum

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