Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-euclid!curran From: curran@euclid.DEC (Karen M Curran) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: that awful spot Message-ID: <532@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:41:08 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.532 Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:41:08 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 04:26:13 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 25 I made a mistake and would be very grateful if someone could help me out. I bought a used table made of solid oak. There were some blemishes on it that I thought could be sanded out. Well I was wrong. They are not just surface blemishes. Big black stains, that I believe are water marks. Anyway I can't seem to get them out. I tried steel wool and a wire brush using regular clorox and it helped alittle, but I still have a long way to go. I know that I could stain with a dark color and the spots would not be as visible, however that's not the solution I looking for. Should I keep at it with the clorox ? Is there some way to get the clorox to work better ?? Or is there some way to cover it so that I can still keep a light color ?? Or do I just live with it and call it character ?? thanks for any help Karen Curran EUCLID::CURRAN