Toolbox: Rubbing Powders

You use pumice rubbing powder for that satin finish, and you use rottenstone rubbing powder to maintain that high gloss.

Here's the way I like to use this rubbing powder. Just sprinkle a little bit on the watermark or stain, directly on it. And then I'll take a very soft cloth--sort of a felt-type cloth--and dip it in some mineral oil. Now you just come right on top of it and just rub it. Get a little more oil; rub a little more. Keep working it with the grain, because if you go in a circular motion, you're gonna leave some swirl marks. In just a matter of a few seconds, the watermark is going to completely disappear. A little elbow grease and some magic powder and the stain disappears!