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   WillGeorge | Jul 04, 2005 07:50pm | #1

   Can you get in contact with the owner? Find out what they used to care for it..

   You said.. and like it's been redone recently.. DO you know who??

   Just a thought...

   EDIT:: I forgot.. I have a really old cherry dining table... Solid cherry from pre 1920's..

   I had custom table mats made for it.. Looks like leather and are sort of a heat pad...
   As I recall the pads were a little on the expensive side though..

   They work GREAT and look sort of OK.. Well, not like that table but sure keeps it from getting banged up from daily use...

   
   

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   Edited 7/4/2005 12:54 pm ET by Will George

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   suegard | Jul 05, 2005 05:51am | #2

   Thanks, Will George.Funny you would mention table pads. I was thinking today about how, when I was a kid, my mother put quilted underpads under the tablecloth - that was a teak table too. At the time I thought she was ridiculously persnickety; today of course I sympathize. LOL.Can’t find the owner; it was an ebay purchase and although the seller is great, he can’t or won’t trace it back: all I know is it’s the original finish. When I touch the table, my fingers leave prints in the oil – could teak possibly be naturally that oily, or could that be a sign of a teak oil finish? There’s absolutely no odor – would that help anyone diagnose what’s been used?Thanks again for any & all help.

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   Patto | Jul 05, 2005 08:20am | #3

   Possibly recently oiled.

   You can buy heat mats from a roll (so you can cut to size) that are easily covered by a table cloth. My mother has these for her mahogany tables which she uses every time the tables are used.

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   WillGeorge | Jul 05, 2005 08:45pm | #4

   Like Patto said... Maybe just oiled and never dried?? Geee.. I would get come felt cloth and wipe it down every other day or so... Felt cus' it is soft and absorbes alot..

   Well, any soft cloth should do.. I think... Teak has natural oils but I would think if the table is old it would have long passed 'spitting' it out...

   At the time I thought she was ridiculously persnickety.... Most MOMS are but usually right!

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   wjd52 | Jul 06, 2005 05:26am | #5

   Congrats on your purchase...an excellent choice (we have mostly Danish teak in our dining room).  Find a Scandanavian furniture store nearby and they'll certainly have teak oil...regular use is all you need.  Or check out the 'net for and endless number of suppliers on line...