Throwaway021614 t1_j9kejet wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Reply to comment by AccomplishedEnergy24 in Oak veneer countertop discoloured where sanded by kimchifarts123

I’ll be that guy: and it’s barely noticeable

donkeyrocket t1_j9kib7d wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM

I agree. As a recent first-time homeowner, this is going to be one of those things that bothers OP far more than anyone else even if they notice it. I have a growing list of those "personal nuisance" projects.

Fussing with this anymore is going to lead them down the path of needing to redo the whole thing as it'll be very noticeable.

AccomplishedEnergy24 t1_j9kpqgy wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:10 PM

100%. It's like any woodworking i do - I know where all the mistakes are, and they bug me, but nobody else can ever see them. As someone once said, as you become better, you don't always make less mistakes, you just get better at hiding them.

I would put something on top of it and never worry about it. Like maybe a silicone mat or something. If you use a coffee maker or anything you should put something like that under it anyway to control spills.

There are people who want super-clear countertops 100% of the time who this would bother. I'm not one of them ;)

If i really couldn't deal with it, i'd save up the thousand bucks to get a solid red-oak plank countertop (This looks to be about 8-10 lineal feet of countertop, but maybe there's more elsewhere), and do that.

When you account for all the work and cost that would go into refinishing what's there, the price difference is not likely to be huge.