Need help removing oil from wood

I hope you find a solution. If you happen to find a way to remove spray sunblock stains from vinyl siding please share.

I love kids. Reminds me of the time my toddler son wiped down his crib, the wall and his hair with a jar of vaseline. We washed the crib and the wall with trisodium phosphate. It did a good job. The kid was actually much harder to clean up.

I'd try the trisodium phosphate in an inconspicuous place first to see how it reacts with your particular finish.

Perhaps there's something that could be placed on the stain to absorb the oil that has penetrated the wood?

I'm guessing that the reason the stain won't just wash off is because it is at least a few layers deep.

Do you have the list of specific ingredients from the container? Perhaps a focused Google search on some of the key ingredients might turn up results? (If you didn't try that already.)

Corn starch is a good absorbant. Might have to lay the headboard flat for it to have a chance to work.

There are a lot of unknowns here, like the chemical compositions of the spray and the finish on the headboard (paint? natural wood? varnish?). Murphy's Oil Soap in solution with water often works well for me on wood items with problem stains.

If worse comes to worse, you could always spray the air freshener on the rest of the headboard to get a consistent look.

Reminds me of the time my toddler son wiped down his crib, the wall and his hair with a jar of Vaseline.

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What a hoot! You know how hard it is to get Vaseline off anything, let alone a squirming kid? And if you let the little spreader loose the Vaseline will get all over the living room furniture.

I'm still laughing. How long did it take to clean up?

Call or email the manufacturer. Your kid can't be the first to refresh the furniture.

madjack - I called in the calvary to help. Both Grandma's, understanding the severity of the situation, rushed over and helped scrub the wall and the crib. They worked for hours. The hardest part was having to repeatedly wash his hair. It took about three days before it was finally all out.

If your wondering how he got the vaseline it was on his dresser, which had a dresser scarf. He stood up in his crib and pulled the dresser scarf over until the vaseline was in reach. He was supposed to be taking a nap. Imagine my surprise when I opened his bedroom door to check on him.

That's one slippery kid.

That's a Mentos commercial, isn't it?