Remove foam rubber residue from wood furniture

Please, Please, Please DO NOT USE GOO GONE, GOOF OFF, or any of those types of products on your good wood. We have chairs that have residue left from cheap cushions. Scraped off some of the rubber/latex with a credit card, vacuumed that up, then used Minwax Wood Cleaner (think we bought it at WalMart) to clean the rest off the chairs. Used paper towels to remove the rest of the residue. Am sure it would work on your floors as well.

I, also, had 6 wooden kitchen chairs with residue left from the rubber backing of chair cushions. They were literally stuck on the chair, and I had to peel them off. I brought the chairs outside, and I used an old gift card to scrape off as much of the rubber residue as I could. Beware...it gets dusty and messy. Then I used Krud Kutter Kitchen Degreaser All Purpose Cleaner and sprayed it right on the wood. Buy it at your local supermarket for $3.99-$4.99 a bottle. Let it sit for about 1-2 minutes and used the same gift card to scrape the rest of the residue off. I had to do this about 2 times, and it worked! It did not damage the finish. It took about 8-10 minutes to get the residue off each chair. I used the Krud Kutter to clean the entire chair, and then used a wood polish like Guardsman Creme Polish to polish the whole chair, giving particular attention to the seat. My chairs came out beautiful! What a relief!

Jennifer Monroe, never had a problem with Goo Gone on anything. Your finish could have been something that reacted with Goo Gone.

I had this same problem so I tried some of the above advice and used a credit card to get the majority of it off then really wet the entire area with diluted Murphys oil soap and let it sit for about 10 mins. presto it came right off along with all the other grime. Question though- whats a good wax to restore the shine as these chairs have taken a beating over the years 80 or more to be exact.

I am trying Pledge Lemon Oil!