Removing Danish oil stains?

[PhilJW1]

Can anyone help with this?

I have an oak kitchen work top which I recently retreated with several coats of Danish oil - the work top looks great.

However like an idiot I didn't put masking tape around the work top where the cupboards meet it and now I have some brush marks of Danish oil at the base of the cupboards.

They are the shiny white style cupboards - from Magnet if that's relevant - and so the stains stand out a bit.

So my question is are there any ways of removing Danish oil stains without damaging underneath.

I haven't tried white spirit as I am concerned that any solvent based cleaner may damage the 'shininess' of the cupboards - but I would welcome any advice.

 

[jj4091]

I would have thought any spirit based cleaner or even just plain spirit ( turps etc) should remove an oil based substance without damaging your cupboards surface. I would be pretty dammed annoyed if it did & they were mine. I would not consider them serviceable nor fit for purpose. But just in case can you not try a small area inside a door or somewhere else it can't be seen.

 

[JohnD]

be quick, because the oil oxides to become sticky, then gummy, then varnish. It is very tiresome to try to remove oxidised oil.

 

[PhilJW1]

Many thanks all - white spirit it is then.

Cheers