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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 and let the wood darken naturally. The varnish has a slight tint of yellow and has revealed some glue splotches. Some sanding has not managed to sort the problem.
Given that it's cherry wood, which darkens in sunlight and will eventually be darker than the yellow tint in the poleurathane, if I leave the glue splotches and let them darken naturally over time under varnish (leaving the box in natural sunlight), will they eventually come to be close to the colour of the rest of the wood? Is there another solution?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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 and let the wood darken naturally. The varnish has a slight tint of yellow and has revealed some glue splotches. Some sanding has not managed to sort the problem.
Given that it's cherry wood, which darkens in sunlight and will eventually be darker than the yellow tint in the poleurathane, if I leave the glue splotches and let them darken naturally over time under varnish (leaving the box in natural sunlight), will they eventually come to be close to the colour of the rest of the wood? Is there another solution?
Thanks in advance for your help!