[Alice in Wonderland]

Well ,I did my bowl' s cracks with the famous CA glue ,the cracks are gone but the stains from the glue is still there .The surrounding wood has darkened with the glue and I can not get rid of the discoloration. unless I take the Dremel to it and that is a headache. I have touched places with poly and BLO it seems to take on the color of the stain, I have put soooo much work into this piece, now what ???? does anybody have had this experience? and what to do about it?
Thanks for any suggestions
Alice

[xsailer]

I'm really sorry your having problems. I doubt you can do anything with the CA glue since what is does is seep into the wood and sets up. That's why we use it most of the time. I would say unless you have a really hardwood you probably won't get rid of the miscolor unless you remove it. If you could match a close color stain might be a thought. Of course the glued area won't accept the stain but if you were lucky you might match the stain to the glued area. Hope you find something to help.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

What if you coat the whole bowl with the thin c.a.? it would even up the color and toughen the bowl I would think?

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

What Hi-Ho said! Works great on knife handles. Not as big as a bowl, but the method should scale up.

[Alice in Wonderland]

Hi Ho Why did I not think of that???? Thank you ,usually women are more resourceful lol lol, I put on some spots BLO and thin Poly it was not to bad on the red of the Cedar, but on the lighter shades it did not do a thing.There is so much time and work gone into this bowl I had to have it go cucuck on me now,
So thanks for your help Hi Ho and all others
Alice

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