The top of my credenza is really beautiful walnut, but very figured. I've planed the bits that I could plane and scraped the bits that I could scrape (or at least identified the bits I can plane and scrape), but there are still some areas that I don't know how to tackle. I'm sure you all know what I mean: surface that looks like tear out or end grain in the middle of a board before you even touch it.
What are my options for those kinds of areas? Is there anything to be done short of sandpaper? If sandpaper is the answer, I'd obviously prefer to keep the nice iridescent planed surface on as much of the top as possible. Do I then try to feather between the sanded patches and the rest of the board?
Thanks for any tips and ideas!
P.S. I know the glue up board selection is meh. I'm annoyed with myself. I used all the really nice straight wood for the legs of the credenza thinking the figured stuff would make a nice top, but i never considered exactly how the figured boards would fit together. It's still going to look good, I'm sure, but the grain doesn't flow between the boards the way I would have wanted. Oh well, live and learn!
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