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Right, it's PVA based so I've tried some Sansodor (Low Odour Solvent) for want of some actual meths. I've given it a wipe over with a water-dapened rag afterwards. The colours are looking much more consistent. Here's hoping that the joint glue doesn't melt! Thank you everyone for all your help!

"EVO-STIK WOOD adhesive"

It's good advice! I'll be sure to take it next time. I wonder if you, or anyone else, has some thoughts about whether that patch will darken in natural light and eventually come to be close to the rest of the wood? It's only the amber tint in the polyeurathane that hasn't taken on the glue...

Thanks Rog. You know what? I thought I had but it turns out I missed a corner with the damp rag. I think my mistake was to mix fine saw dust and wood glue to act as filler for some minor imperfections in the corner joint - that's what led to the smear. Oh well there's only one way to learn...

I should probably add that the reason the sanding hasn't worked is that the glue, while invisible, appears to have gone into the wood pores and I cannot sand or scrape any further than I now have without creating a depression in the wood.

Hi everyone First post. Sorry if I've put this in the wrong place. I've been working on a cherry wood box, my first project! I didn't want to stain the wood, because of all the problems with uneven stain and blotching with cherry. So I've decided to go straight to varnish with polyeurathane...