I departed my QSWO comfort zone and am making a Limbert coffee table that my wife requested and she wanted it in cherry so here I am. USCWOAP. I made the top with the best I had and glued it up about a week ago. When I make a top I always leave it in the cauls until I'm ready to finish working on it - always the last piece I make. And I know that cherry darkens in the sunlight - which I have a lot of in my shop - but knowing something and thinking of it are 2 radically different animals as one ages. So now the top has these 2 nice, pale stripes. I went after the underside with 120 grit on the ROS but can still see - faintly - the stripes.
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Will this auto correct? Keep sanding? Plane the top? Start over? If it will auto correct is that dependent on the finish? Should I prop it up in the sun? (it's currently hermetically sealed under some moving blankets on the bench). My wife, bless her heart, saw it and told me that, while she understood a lot of my stuff has "features", stripes on her coffee table was a feature too far.
Thanks for any info or suggestions.