Mineral spirits = finished look?

[NoviceGirl]

Hi, I ran into problems with my mild not holding so now I have a lot of black epoxy over flow that has stained the wood.  When I go over it with mineral spirits I don't see the stain, does that mean you won't see it in my finish so I don't have to worry about sanding it out? Going to use rubio monocoat finish. TIA

[wtnhighlander]

The answer is "maybe". Althought a wipedown of spirits is often used to simulate the appearance after varnish, it isn't a perfect replication. I would try rubbing a small spot with the Rubio, overlapping areas of epoxy and no epoxy, to see how it looks. If it looks fine, you are golden. If not, the scraping & sanding needed to remove the epoxy will get the Rubio off, too.

From the photo included, I'd say to have a way to go on sanding before the epoxy fill is flattened, anyway. If you have a card scraper, the initial work will go a lot faster.

[Coop]

Do you plan on filling in the lower, darker areas with more epoxy? Not that it has any reference to you question. Unless as @wtnhighlanderalluded to, the sanded epoxy is still proud of the wood and additional sanding would be required anyway. 

[NoviceGirl]

@coop yes,  I still have some final filing to do. I'm going to try to syringe it in instead of pour to get more control.  

[Mark J]

I agree with wtnhighlander.