INK STAIN ON OAK

I just finished stripping a very old oak, five drawer dresser that has been in my wife's family for at least 80 years. Stripping was done with Zip Strip and alcohol wash.

Under a thick coat of paint and old varnish/shellac I found a large ink satin (it sure looks like very dark ink) that is "in the wood" on the top of the dresser.

Before I start with the Clorox approach, wanted to get some advise from this newsgroup.

Any help would be appreciated.

PJ

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One word - veneer.

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA

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I thank both of you for your thoughts.

I used successfully (for the most part) a hot oxalic acid bath that did a very good job of removing the majority of the stain. The ink was surely a guess so I may have been wrong on that.

In any event. thank you.

PJ

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