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At this point I’ve bleached the entire console. I did two cycles of the treatment, two days apart. After that I neutralized the dried bleach with a 50/50 mix of vinegar and distilled water.

Tonight I brought the console into my office, under a bright daylight colored light. I used a mixture of amber wood dye and dark antique maple wood dye to start color matching the veneer patches. I made a very dilute mixture—four drops of amber and two drops of dark antique maple in roughly a cup of water. I applied it and let it dry. I still wasn’t quite satisfied, as it was missing just a bit of redness. So I thinned out some red chestnut stain with mineral spirits and brushed it on. Once it dried, I then used a bit of 320 grit sand paper to lightly remove the excess until I was satisfied that the veneer patches match closely enough. I feel that, by the time I stain and apply toner to the entire cabinet, I’ll have a consistent coloring. I will need to be certain to saturate the splice lines with pre-stain, so that they don’t wick up any excess stain. I’ll probably need to blend the grain with a few of those wood-colored wax crayons as well, so as to better conceal the splices.