I, uh, sanded the top
very lightly with 150 to see if I could hide the machining marks. It looks much better. I need to quit sanding the veneer while I’m ahead. I scraped the glue spots but didn’t get much out and didn’t want to take off too much material. Then I read the label for Goo Gone and it says not to use on raw wood. I can’t help but to wonder if some of the lightness we see after treating glue spots is also from the chemical, or from moving glue around but not actually removing it?
I read you can wet sand the glue spots while staining to get the spots to accept stain. I also read you can add solvent to the stain.
I don’t mean to go against the recommendations of forum members but I think I want to try a light first stain coat to see if there are glue spots, and try the wet sanding method. Because deep down I find sanding the veneer a bit exhilarating. Just kidding. Well not really. But really I don’t want to move glue around and make it worse.
Oh the places I scraped, where the worst glue is, I didn’t final sand which is why it looks “different.” Just in case I do some other work, I’ll wait till the end to final sand it.
Anyway, here it lies in its current state. I’m off to bed!
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