Cleaning and Stain Removal - cleaning wood

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hollycramer
10-17-07, 12:52 PM
I have an antique oak phone booth that was in a bar for at least 60 years and the oak wood is COVERED with cigarette tobacco and tar build up. I have been cleaning it with murphy's oil soap and it took a full day to get just a few square inches clean. Does anybody have any ideas on the easiest way to clean it? I don't want to ruin it because i plan on selling it.

twelvepole
10-17-07, 08:13 PM
You will need a degreaser cleaner to cut through the years of nicotine build up. Simple Green is a good nontoxic cleaner. Orange oil concentrate cleaner is also nontoxic and is used industrially as a degreaser.