Perhaps I didn’t really do the hair dryer step properly. I ended up scraping out the veneer join with a blade and filling with natural timber mate. Some areas were obviously worse then others. Looks a bit noticeable at the moment, hopefully staining will help. As for the colour, I think I’m going to work pretty hard to get it dark enough not to be pink. Further more I think it will shift to more orange if I was to use Tru Oil.