How To Oil A Teak Dining Table

My mom gave us this table as a wedding gift (20+ years ago)...I love it with more with each year that passes. Along with the table, which has a thin teak veneer, she gave me a bottle of lemon furniture oil from the store where she bought the table. She instructed me to "oil" my table when it looked "dry" and minimize sun exposure. I've oiled it maybe once a year and finally used up the last drops in the bottle last year.

Our table gets some sun exposure (not great for a teak veneer table) and hasn't been oiled in quite some time. I started to notice gray areas, a sign that the wood is REALLY thirsty and drying out. This of course is awesome if you have solid teak outdoor furniture, you want it to dry and get gray, I understand it makes it stronger and will last "forever".

Since I was out of lemon furniture oil (and the store has gone out of business), I started looking online for "how to restore teak table" in hopes of finding something I could purchase online. I decided to make this post in hopes someone else out there WON'T FOLLOW THAT ADVICE! I read people BUFFING a teak veneer (!), polishing with furniture wax (!) and various other things that would have ruined my table if I had done it!

USE LEMON FURNITURE OIL. It is lighter consistency than mineral oil, this is the stuff to use. I found Wieman Lemon Oil on eBay and I'm so happy because it is exactly what I was looking for.

The table drank up over a CUP of oil! It looks beautiful! Even my husband noticed (that's REALLY good)!

So, just wanted to tell ya!

Please Keep In Mind

Please keep in mind that I've cleaned my house before-many, many times. I can purge a room with the best of them...keep, give away, throw away. But the rub comes in that I can't seem to KEEP it clean for more than maybe a few weeks. Then the creep takes over again. I'm sick and tired of (living in the mess) the draining job of RE-cleaning and RE-purging all the time. I'm actually DONE with that cycle that only changes my surroundings (for a short time). I want ME changed. I want REAL, transforming, life-giving change. I want to overcome this area in my life and bless myself and my family with a new way to live like I've experienced with my cooking habits. So why can't I seem to keep things tidy, anyways?

THIS is being examined as I'm reading "Reclaim Your Life" by Vicki Norris. My friend Carlise mentioned the book when she was doing a garage sale and I said, "I need that book, what's it called"? So, just like with the cooking, I now have a book to help me further my self-education.

Speaking of books, though everyone raves about them, I have no need for an e-reader like a Kindle or Nook

BUT

Barnes & Noble DOES offer Nook for PC, which is AWESOME! I was able to purchase "Reclaim Your Life" via Nook and read it that same night. It's like buying a pdf and reading it in Adobe Reader. You buy the Nook version (pdf) and read it in the Nook Reader. (You probably already know how that works). I bought a netbook for our RV trip to download photos and find RV sites (how many computers does a girl need!?!? I don't have an iPhone, so there you go). I use this mini-laptop at the dining room table in the afternoons while the kids have productive free time (we homeschool). I can read on the computer and take notes by hand, which helps me retain what I read.

All this to say...I am at the start of this journey. I have faith that (even though I don't know WHEN) I WILL overcome and this process will bring glory to God because of His kind and tender mercies toward me empowering me to bring on the transformation He desires. It will be sweet to get to the point of mastery and look back over the process. That's why I'm taking time to blog...because I often forget the process and forget to be thankful to the Lord for all the good He has done.

Changing Direction

Changing my mind...I'm not going to do the bookcase in the dining room right now. The bookcase needs to be purged, but it isn't really causing distress. It is time to deal with the kitchen. More soon.

This is an Oakleaf Hydrangea. The fabulous blossoms get blush before they turn russet in the fall. One of my favorite plants, Hydrangea quercifolia.

How To Reply To Comments On Your Own Blog

I've never really had many comments on any of my blogs. My friend Angela has been commenting (thank you!) and I wanted to reply/respond to her comment. Uh, hello? Blogger doesn't allow me to reply to a comment left on my own blog!

Here's what you do (so I can remember!):
1-Design, Edit HTML, click the box Expand Widget Template
2-Push CNTRL+F for search box and search for " left carrot data:commentPostedByMsg/ right carrot "
3-Use the following code (see link) but replace with blog id (click NEW POST and blog id is in browser address bar), to find blog id, open a NEW POST and look in browser address for blog id

http://www.spiceupyourblog.com/2010/03/reply-button-option-blogger-comments.html

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