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Is it normal to have white & black patches on wood after it has been sanded?

After taking advice from answers on my old farmhouse table that I sanded, I still have patches of white and black on thesurface of the wood. It does not look nice but I cannot spend anymore time sanding. Are these white patches normal and will they go once I put on my danish oil. I followed the advice given.i.e. fine sand paper then wire wool, then white spirit, malt vinegar. but I am now at a loss perhaps I am been too fussy. My husband thinks so. Any comments would be appreciated. Thank you.

Depends on where the stains come from.

You can expect lighter patches to darken immediately and get darker over a longer period of time. Weeks even years depending on how much sun the patch gets. Expect the light patches to blend in perfectly.

Dark patches that stay after the way you treated the wood are there to stay.

It is the nature of wood, you can either love it or be miserable about it when you look at it.

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