Thank for the input guys.

I’v been making a real hash of it.

At first all was well, didn’t think there was much in the way of glue marks....obviously I was wrong.

Sanding went well, staining on the back went well. Really happy with it.

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The front showed some really messy glue stains pretty much all over, heavy through the join in the veneer, then splatters pretty much everywhere.

Okay I thought, I’m not attached to the veneer and I actually like thhe figuring on the back better any way...I’ll just sand through.

Now...this was going okay getting a nice grain coming through....but then these shiny patches emerged that seemed to be under the grain or something.

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Now...is this glue that I should just sand through or remove in some way? Or am I know in ‘find out how to paint solid colours’ territory?