Q&A for How to Clean a Kitchen Table

To clean wooden tables, use a mixture of warm water, 1 - 2 tablespoons of white vinegar, and a few drops of dish soap.

It is essential to dry the table because a porous table can become warped or deformed due to excessive liquid seeping into the wood.

Try lightly dampening a cloth and and wiping the table down. If there are tough stains, mix a solution of equal parts vinegar and water, then spray the solution onto the table and wipe or scrub the surface with a microfiber cloth or old t-shirt.

You could use a paint scraper. It does leave a few scratches on the table, but you can just paint over them with a wood grain paint.

Put a cloth on the table, such as an old tea-towel, fill your steam iron with water, the one you use to iron your clothes, plug it in and turn up the temperature to its highest heat. When the iron has reached full temperature, turn on the steam at its highest setting, if it's variable, and slowly iron over the cloth, making sure that you keep the iron moving within the area covered by the cloth. The steam will moisten the adhesive used to stick the laminate to the wood, and using a thin blade such as a paint scraper or putty knife, you should be able to lift the laminate away from the wood. Remember that it's the heat and moisture that will allow you to peel off the laminate. You will need to keep repeating this action across the whole table.