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Aww - and there was me thinking it was nice, tactile stuff to work with and givies an attractive,deep lustre finish on a work-top 😂. Used it because that was what our builder and his carpenter who put the oak worktops on (and laid the floor) recommended when the refurb was done, 2015. You’re...

That looks a useful and versatile item - and if I did a lot of woodworking/DIY that sort of tool would be a reallyworthwhile buy; but the two oil-marks concerned are only postage-stamp sized, though (and really only noticeable because they catch the light when you look towards the back door), so...

Thanks for this, Terry; lots of good, useful advice from various people on here and your suggested fits in with what looks to be the way forward. There is no real thickness to the oil-splodges, so it’s really a matter of taking the glossy shine of the blobs back to match the natural sheen of the...

Thanks for this; I’ve had some really useful advice from several people here and your suggestion seems to be the sort of way forward: the hot water as a ‘lubricant’/softener, plus very careful and precise scraping or abrading. The fine wire-wool treatment is recommended incidentally for very...

Thanks for this; a good idea - it’s getting the precise accuracy that’s the thing, so the right ‘end’ on a Dremel that I’ve got might well be worth a shot. I’ve got some offcuts of the flooring up in the loft so will give it a go with one of them first…!

Thanks for this, Richard. I think v hot water used as a ‘lubricant’/softener might well be worth a try. I’ve still got some offcuts of the flooring up in the loft so I’ll try your suggestion out by putting some blobs of danish on them, letting it dry and then see how it goes - should be...

Thanks for this, Colin. I’ve got some spare offcuts from the flooring up in the loft and will try this out. (Tried turps on offcuts back when I’d seen that older oil-spot I mentioned and it was inconclusive - but that was just wiping with turps not ‘soaking’.) Thanks for this; that denibber...

Many thanks for this; I didn’t know the actual nature of how ‘drying’ occurs with Danish oil and your view of solvents as a response bears out what I was thinking. I did try experiments with dried Danish oil plus turps, or Rustin’s surface-remover, or Wd40 etc on offcuts when I‘d originally...

Quick reply (this way for now) to everyone for their wealth of useful advice on this topic - really,really helpful! Thanks everyone. I’ll reply individually to each one of you if I can do it successfully (!) asap. Thanks once again you lovely lot!

Does anyone know a suitable solvent that will safely soften some dried drops of Danish oil that - despite all my best efforts at covering cupboard-doors and the floor - still managed to get onto our engineered-oak kitchen floor without me noticing until a couple of months after I’d refinished...