Originally Posted by
Charlee
Yep. "Whitish-gray streaks" pretty much covers it! In some spots, "blotches". The shellac had dried a week before I tried MinWax Finishing Wax....and got the gray. I removed the wax, buffed with steel wool, reapplied another coat of shellac...and got gray again. They may have been there before I put the wax on, but I didn't notice them...
I did notice that this cabinet seems to be made of "leftovers". One side panel is a pretty tiger oak, one a straight grain oak. All of the woods seemed to be different colors as far as browns, reds, grays...one of the legs is darker like the rest of the cabinet on one side, and light tan on the other...
This cabinet was a challenge to be sure, and I just got to the point where I thought it looked nice enough, even tho it wouldn't have passed Skip's inspection if he was doing it himself!!
Well we used entirely different finishes & it happened to both cabinets. I was even thinking that the paper towels I used to wipe it down with mineral spirits had traces of bleach in them. And yeah, I think it was one of Singer's cheaper cabinets. Mine had a "leftovers" too! I was mixing stain to do this leg...a different mixture for the top, etc. just to get all the pieces to match...or at least blend with one another. Mine had a nearly white streak in the wood across the top that just wouldn't absorb any stain. Believe it or not, I blended that streak to match the rest of the top with leather dye...that was the only thing it would absorb!
Everybody who sees it thinks it looks great...I could still see where all the problems are/were. BUT I was sooooo sick of messing with it that I decided "good enough" too. And now (about a year later), I'm thinking it DOES look pretty good...unless I really inspect it! Your's looks really good to me...give it some time & it'll look good to you, too!