Just a quick update on this thread. The A/B bleach kit I bought on amazon just got delivered yesterday. It’s been sitting at my mom’s house for a month or so because they wouldn’t ship here, but she sent it down to me the other day.
Last night, I popped open both bottles and did just a quick quarter-sized test with a q-tip on an inside, hidden surface of that dark leg. After a couple hours, there was a noticeable difference, and this morning, it was even lighter. That was enough convincing, so I started the full outside face and the edges.
Sorry it’s wet, I forgot to take a pic with them side by side while it was still dry, but there are plenty of pics throughout the thread to see how they compare dry.
An hour later and I had this:
And now here, only 3 1/2 hours later it’s at this level:
I’m just gonna let the stuff take its course and if it goes a shade or two too light, that’s fine, I can much more easily tone it back down with a light golden-oak or something along those lines. I’m only bleaching the one leg so far, I have no intention of doing the rest of the chair. I like the color and mild variance of the rest of the wood, only just wanted to pull this one leg in closer to the rest.
Things are looking really good so far, hopefully that continues. Probably gonna start working on the rest of those chairs within the week because I have a need for them to be in action soon.
More pics to follow.
Not sure yet how I intend to tackle those chewed up areas around the feet; they all have it like that. I know I’m going to put the single nail sliders on the bottoms to prevent further damage, but not sure if I’m going to attempt filler and blend, or just leave them be. We’ll see.