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Default Wood Bleach

A lot of woods will do this, especially fruit woods. The sap wood is
white until exposed to air, then it goes red/orange/pink/yellow. I
figure it is a kind of oxidation. Some woods get darker with age, some
get lighter. Can't do much about it unless you put it into a vacuum
with no UV light. You can sand it out, and it will still go pink
again. Welcome to the world of wood.
robo hippy
On Feb 17, 7:32*am, Ted wrote:
I sanded and sanded and sanded. *It comes off with sanding. *Not
perfectly white but it is pretty good.
Thanks. *Ted

So I would suggest you either live with it or sand or turn it off.
The bleaching is almost always very shallow, but it takes a while
sanding,