Wood Finish Problem

[Dan Phillips]

Hi

I have a wood nightstand that is stained a cherry wood color. The other day I spilled nail polish remover on it, I guess that is the same thing as acetone. Anyway it messed up the wood so I put Old Eglish for dark woods on it but it still did not look good. So I sanded down the part with the spill and put Old English on it again. It looks good however at certain angles you can see light shining off the sanding marks and it looks terrible. What do I need to do to fix this?

Thank You

[Don Phillipson]

Finer sandpaper: but what finish coat did you apply after the stain?

-- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

[Baron]

You need to carefully use finer and finer grits of sandpaper until you work your way up to something so fine that the scratch pattern can not be seen or where you can use a rubbing compound. I would be more concerned with what happens once the oil from the polish dissipates. You may get a very different look.

Good Luck.

[nospambob]