Hello everyone,

This is my first post on the forum so wanted start by thanking you all for the contributions - I have learned a lot from you and appreciate all the knowledge that is shared here.

I have been working on smoothing a cherry dining table top and got it mostly smooth with my smoothing plane. There were a few areas where I had deep tearout from my jointer plane (used previously to flatten the top) that I couldn't remove completely with my smoothing plane so I used a card scraper. At this point, the entire table top feels smooth but I can feel a difference in texture - the planed surface feels glassy smooth while the scraped surface feels more like it was sanded to a relatively fine grit. I can also see a difference, particularly in raking light.

I plan to finish the top with Waterlox. Once the finish is applied, will the difference between the planed and scraped surface still be apparent? If so, what is the best way to fix it? Should I scrape the entire table top so it is consistent?


Thanks in advance for any guidance,
Nick