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supplementary to earlier question - I have tried bleach to no avail to remove black spotting. I have now got oxalic acid, in crystal form and find conflicting advice about how to mix and use - can you give me any guidance?

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Hi Peter
Nice to hear from you.
Heres what I do.
Add to hot water until the crystals no longer dissolve.
This will become clear to you when you start adding the crystals to your water.
When we bleach a table top, most folks think they just have to bleach the damaged areas but this is not the case.
We must apply the bleach to the entire top.
Peter Here is a good artical that I hope you will read carefully.

http://antiquerestorers.com/Articles/jeff/using_wood_bleach.htm

Hope this helps
Regards
Eileen

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