[barnshopotterha]

Have a lovely old, dark oak dining table, and has a white water mark (from vase!) on it. Don't really want to sand it, but how do you colour this mark?

[joypulv]

If the wood is real oak and the finish is old varnish or shellac, I would rub with a tiny bit of spirits on a cotton ball or Q tip. Alcohol, paint thinner, turpentine, etc. It will disburse the finish over the white area. To even it out afterwards you could apply butcher wax and rub to a uniform sheen again. There might already be wax on the table, so what happens depends a lot on what exactly is on the table to begin with.