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Small restoration project - advice sought

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My wife goes to upholstery classes and her current project is a rather nice chair which she inherited from an elderly aunt. It was very tatty when we got it.

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She is making good progress with the upholstery, but there are a couple of issues she has asked my to look at.

One is a small water stain on one of the arms:

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I wonder if it has actually taken the finish off rather than stained the wood as such, and whether I can deal with that just by refinishing it - perhaps with some shellac after a VERY light sanding/wire tooling to blend the stained area with its the surroundings? Any thoughts?

The other problem is some missing inlay here and there. Like these pieces:

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I've no idea what the inlay wood is so my plan for that is to use the palest wood I have (maple) and use stains to match the colour (a furniture restorer gave me some pigments which I can mix up with meths/shellac). Sound reasonable?
 
Not sure about the water mark, fine wire wool followed by French polish would be my guess.
The inlay looks like boxwood to me,
I suspect you’re wife like most thinks that we can perform miracles, not an easy repair as you know.
Ian
 
If it is water, would the old warm iron and a cloth trick work to remove the bloom ?
 
How about this video for a little help:

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Or Thomas Johnson, who I reckon is a bit of a finishings genius:

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Thanks all.

Mike, I've watched a lot of Thomas Johnson videos in the past and agree that he is very good. I love his laid back style as well.
 
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