I put together a rather large rack (stand alone shelves) to hold my cd/dvd collection. I built the unit from pine which I wanted to stain to match my other lounge furniture. As the pine was somewhat 'knotty' I was unsure whether I should treat the knots with 'knotting'. My gut feeling was it was unnecessary as the varnish/polyurethane would be sufficient to seal the knots and the knotting would show through.
I asked the question in this forum and the feed back was it might be prudent to use knotting. Like a fool I followed the advice and am now left with a 'disaster'. My suspicions were right. The knotting shows through like white patches as the stain simply did not adhere to the knotting or penetrate the wood. Surprise surprise!
I tried to remove the knotting by sanding and meths but it seems I would have to much to get back to bare wood and although it may be possible for the shelves it would be impossible for the carcase.
I guess my only option is to paint a bitter disappointment.
I suppose the moral of this sorry tale is all advice is not good advice. I hoped the advice I was given was from someone who had previous experience but it appears not to be the case.
I know I should have tested before committing, at least I know now.