So a long time ago this spot that’s bleached was water damaged and turned gray. I bleached it many times with oxalic acid to now got a very yellow and bright hue compared to the rest of the wood. Now I’m trying to get the spot to match the rest of the wood in terms of color. Don’t mind the white stuff in the photo, I thought a white tint was all that was needed to match the rest of the wood so I took polycyclic and tinted it white. I don’t know if I need to add stain so that the grain lines show the same way which will solve my problem or maybe I over bleached, I don’t know. I’ve been on this for more than a week experimenting and nothing has worked. Total amateur here. Ideally I don’t have to redo the whole top. I’ll give any information needed I’m desperate and am losing hope on Woodworking haha.
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The best thing I have found for getting rid of water marks in wood is murpheys oil soap in hot water and a white terry towel. Rub like hell. Now that you've done all that other stuff I don't know. Everyone says oxalic acid but I wonder if they've actually done it. I've tried it all, oxalic acid being the worst and you need to neutralize it, same for bleach. The stains are leached tannins. You know it's working cause the tannins end up on the towel. Do you get it all? Sometimes not.
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