alder wood has some sort of wood defect

[stratotak]

I have stripped down a earl 90's Hamer Slamer korean built California down to the wood.My plan was to just maybe use some tung oil if the wood was good enough.Im not sure exactly what kind of wood it is.I think its alder.Problem Im having is there seems to be these areas that are cover in what I first thought was wood filler,but no amount of sanding is taking it off.I can sand it down smooth but when I use a littel water to wipe of sanding dust the grain of the white area pops up..Anyone familiar with woods and could tell me what this is,Is it a wood defect and if it can be fixed.Ill attach a pic to show what I mean.

??how do you add a pic to post???never mind..sorry pics arent the best,used a cheap web cam

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[ranchtooth]

You could probably bleach that out... Make the whole guitar a uniform shade of white and then stain/oil to your taste!

[stratotak]

if i blecached it, wouldnt it effect how the it looked after staining ?i was thinking of giving it a cherry stain..going for a look like this alder music stand .
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but i guess it dosent matter now anyway..i just went ahead and sanded it back down and primered and gave it a coat of emerald green metalic

[Happyguy]

I had the same problem when I did that to my strat. I think its some sort of factory finish and the places that dont have it are actually sanded down to the wood. Those places that are down to the wood are all close to places where the sander could of had focused on a smaller suface (edges, pickup routs.)

Bye