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!!